Political History Archives | Stories Beneath the Surface

Clip from BC Hydro Film “Action on the Columbia”

Columbia River Treaty clips from BC Hydro film “Action on the Columbia.” Transcript of Narration: [Horn instrumental music] (White screen fades out to dam generating) At low river […]

Burning the Notice of Extinction, 2022

Shelly Boyd, Sinixt/Arrow Lakes Facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, is seen here at Nelson, B.C., June 10, 2022, throwing a rolled document into a specially built fire barrel. […]

Cathy English Interview – Columbia River Treaty

An interview with Cathy English, curator of the Revelstoke Museum and Archives, where she discusses the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]

Bruce Tillen Interview – Negotiations

Bruce Tillen, former Arrowhead resident, discusses the negotiation process with BC Hydro. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of four waves turning […]

Bruce Tillen Interview – Clearing the Land

Bruce Tillen, former Arrowhead resident, discusses the process of BC Hydro clearing the land for the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]

Shelly Boyd Interview – Displacement

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she discusses the displacement of the Sinixt. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Kate Borucz Interview – Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty

Kate Borucz, executive director of the North Columbia Environmental Society, discusses the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is […]

Bill Green Interview – Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty & the Environment

Bill Green, director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission, discusses the environmental aspect of the modernization of the Columbia River Treaty. Title Screen: Circular logo on […]

Kate Borucz Interview – Living with the Land

Kate Borucz, executive director of the North Columbia Environmental Society, discusses peoples’ connection to the river. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image […]

Shelly Boyd Interview – Salmon

An interview with Shelly Boyd, Arrow Lakes facilitator for Colville Confederated Tribes, where she discusses Salmon and the ceremony at Kettle Falls. Title Screen: Circular logo on a […]

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes Interview – Salmon

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes, author of A River Captured, discusses the events that led to the loss of the salmon in the region. Title Screen: Circular logo on a […]

Bill Green Interview – Sturgeon

Bill Green, director of the Canadian Columbia River Inter-tribal Fisheries Commission, discusses the declining sturgeon population along the Columbia. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo […]