A award-winning archaeologists Micheal and Kathleen Gear spin a vivid and captivating tale around one of the most controversial archeological discoveries in the world: the Kennewich Man - a Caucasoid male mummy dating back more than 9000 years found in the Pacific Northwest on the banks of the Columbia River. A white man North America more than 9000 years ago? What was he doing there? With the terrifying grandeur of melting glaciers as a backdrop People of the Raven reveals animals and humans struggling for survival amidst massive environmental change. Mammoths mastodons and giant lions have become extinct and Rain Bear the chief of Sandy Point Village knows his struggling Raven People may be next.