Upper Columbia River Tribes

For more than a hundred years, the Tribal communities of the Upper Columbia river have had to live with the abuse and negligence of the smelting industry. Who, at one point, dumped millions of tons of toxic waste into their most vital resource. Now, after a century of inaction by their trustees in the local and federal government, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Upper Columbia United Tribes, and allies fight for the healing of the river and the return of the wild salmon to a healthy, functioning ecosystem.