New Film: Idaho's Forgotten War

In 1974 the Kutenai Tribe of Idaho declared war against the United states government in a dramatic bid to force the government to live up to its treaty obligations. Idaho's Forgotten War is a film on the topic by Sonya Rosario. It looks fascinating. Here is the trailer:



Idaho's Forgotten War will premiere Thursday, March 18th at Boise State University, Student Union Bldg, Simplot D at 6:30 p.m. I hope that it will be available online or by DVD soon.

Northwest History at the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive has some excellent history resources, especially in the way of film. A search for Grand Coulee reveals this newsreel report about the opening of the dam. Notice they were still pitching the dam as a benefit for small farmers, which is not at all how it worked out. Also of interest is a 1947 Coronet Instructional Film The Mighty Columbia River. (I attempted to embed these videos as with YouTube but it did not work for some reason.) And check out the wonderfully cheesy Hanford Science Forum described as a "television program sponsored by General Electric Company for telecasting to residents of the Richland, Washington area." In this episode a Hanford biologists assures us that the "mildly radioactive" discharges from Hanford are perfectly harmless.