384 pages, 6 x 9
30 b&w photos, 5 maps
Paperback
Release Date:24 Sep 2024
ISBN:9781962645188
River of Renewal
Myth and History in the Klamath Basin
By Stephen Most
Oregon State University Press
River of Renewal tells the story of the Klamath Basin, a region of the Pacific Northwest spanning the Oregon-California border. Indian reservations are at the headwaters, along the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has witnessed, since the Gold Rush, genocide, war, and conflicts over resources, myths of the West loom large, amplifying differences among inhabitants of a land united by water and divided by people. Yet when faced with ecological catastrophe, farmers, tribes, and other regional stakeholders forged a consensus that led to the largest dam removal and watershed restoration project in history.
Stephen Most is an author, playwright, and filmmaker. He has writing credits on four Academy Award-nominated films, and he is writer/producer of “River of Renewal,” which won the American Indian Film Festival’s best documentary feature award. He lives in Berkeley, California.