From the Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series
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Produced by: Jason Harwell, Jesse Bogue, Ben Franz | Short | 2011 | USA | 5:41
The remaining Mattaponi Native American tribe continues to live as a village of sustainable fisherman, but a proposed reservoir could threaten their way of life, bringing salt water into their river and destroying their fish population. Filmed in 2006 as part of the American University School of Communication class "Wildlife Film Production."
Update: Jul 8, 2013: http://www.berkeywilliams.com/mattaponi-tribe-wins-fight-to-stop-dam-on-mattaponi-river/
