Pit River Indians reject financial settlement

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KPIX Eyewitness News report from December 26th 1970 in Shasta County (California) featuring a press conference by Pit River Indians (including Ross Montgomery Sr), who are rejecting a financial settlement offer from PG&E in order to resolve a dispute over ownership of ancestral lands. One spokeswoman makes an emotional declaration during a press conference: "I'm tired of trying to be like a white person all the time ... to be forced into thinking like one. I'm an Indian! ... This is blood money as far as I'm concerned and I can't accept it."

Type of material
archival news film
Duration
1:17
16mm, color co-magnetic silent/sound film
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Date aired
12/26/70
Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Identifier
KPIX 110617
Views
5651

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