Multimedia Collection
The Place of the Falling Waters
VHS
90 minutes
E99 .S2 P531 1991
The Place of the Falling Waters is a Native American produced documentary history of the Flathead Indian Reservation from the perspective of the Indian people who live there. The story relates the complex and volatile relationship between the people of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and a major hydroelectric dam situated within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The documentary is presented in three 30 minute parts:
- a history of tribal society and culture before the dam's construction
- the construction of the Kerr Dam in the 1930's and its impact on the reservation
- the hopes and dilemmas of the Salish and Kootenai people as they prepare to take over the Kerr Dam during the next three decades.
This broadcast quality program combines a powerful mix of interviews with tribal elders, archival newsreel footage of the Flathead Reservation, stunning aerial footage of the region, and rare photographs dating to the 19th century.
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