Hoopa Valley Tribal councilman, Leroy ‘Bitsy’ Jackson is familiar with promises made and broken by the federal government. "I was a young man when they dammed the Trinity," he said. "They told us it would be like a spigot; that any time we needed water the government could turn it on." As the years went by, it became apparent that the spigot was for southern California’s hose only. The Trinity River got what was left over. Trinity fish died and the river channel suffered damage beyond human repair.
Hoopa Valley Tribal councilman, Leroy ‘Bitsy’ Jackson is familiar with promises made and broken by the federal government. "I was a young man when they dammed the Trinity," he said. "They told us it would be like a spigot; that any time we needed water the government could turn it on." As the years went by, it became apparent that the spigot was for southern California’s hose only. The Trinity River got what was left over. Trinity fish died and the river channel suffered damage beyond human repair.