New OPB film ‘First Descent’ follows Indigenous youth on a historic expedition to kayak the entire Klamath River after the nation’s largest dam removal project
A new film from Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) provides an exclusive, inside look at the emotional, historic, and triumphant journey of a group of Indigenous youth paddlers down the newly restored Klamath River. “First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath” premieres today as part of OPB’s “Oregon Field Guide” series and on YouTube. “First Descent” captures the transformation underway not just to the Klamath River itself – where sections of river are now flowing freely for the first time in more than a century – but among the Indigenous communities that have lived in the Klamath Basin since time immemorial.
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