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First Descent: Kayaking the Klamath River from Source to Sea

Author(s): Oregon Public Broadcasting
Video Release Date: November 13, 2025
Video Source: YouTube

A group of young Indigenous kayakers set out to become the first to paddle the entire Klamath River, from source to sea, after the biggest dam removal project in history. Ranging in age from 13-20 and from tribes across the Northwest, the youth dedicated years to training for the 300-mile, month-long journey. But for many, it was a journey generations in the making, as their relatives and communities had been fighting to remove the Klamath dams since the first one went up in 1908. Along the way, this next generation of river stewards connected with Indigenous people from around the globe to celebrate the healing of their river and to call for dam removals worldwide.

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