Aiyana George with her dad, Sam, at the end of a long day of fishing on the Columbia River in 2021.
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If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably heard a lot about salmon — how important they are to this region, and how much trouble they’re in now. But the history lessons many of us have learned are not the whole story. Tony Schick is an investigative reporter for OPB and ProPublica. He’s done a lot of work to uncover and understand a far more sinister version of events. Along the way, he connected with Indigenous local Randy Settler and his family.
We’re sharing an episode from another OPB podcast: “Salmon Wars.” It tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before — through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations.
Listen to all episodes of The Evergreen podcast here.
