The 1970s were a time of both activism and strife in Native American communities, from the flourishing of the American Indian Movement to Leonard Peltier’s controversial 1975 arrest and Amy Trice’s 1974 declaration of war on the U.S.
Trice was a member of the Kootenai tribe. At the time, her people had been relegated to 18 houses without bathrooms or heat in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Despite the symbolic nature of the declaration of war, Trice ultimately secured a concession and land grant from the federal government, demonstrating the efficacy of symbolic, outsized and guerrilla tactics in activism.
The events are chronicled in the 2010 documentary Idaho’s Forgotten War, which will screen at the San Antonio Central Library this Saturday.
The event will include an introduction by filmmaker Sonya Rosario and guest appearances by former Idaho Sen. Cherie Buckner Webb and Trice’s granddaughter, Amethyst Aitkin. A Q&A session will follow the screening.
Free, 1-2:30 p.m., San Antonio Central Library, 600 Soledad, (210) 207-2500, mysapl.org.
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This article appears in Nov 13-26, 2024.