Death of Celilo Falls

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For thousands of years, Pacific Northwest Indians fished, bartered, socialized, and honoured their ancestors at Celilo Falls, part of a nine-mile stretch of the Long Narrows on the Columbia River. Although the Indian community of Celilo Village survives to this day as Oregon's oldest continuous...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Barber, Katrine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Seattle : Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press, 2005
Series:Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography.
Subjects:
Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project > History.
Indians of North America > Fishing > Oregon > Celilo.
Indians of North America > Land tenure > Oregon > Celilo.
Indians of North America > Relocation > Oregon > Celilo.
Salmon fishing > Oregon > Celilo.
Fishery law and legislation > Oregon > Celilo.
Water rights > Oregon > Celilo.
Dalles Dam (Or. and Wash.) > History.
Dalles Dam (Or. and Wash.) > Environmental conditions.
Celilo (Or.) > Social conditions.
Celilo (Or.) > Environmental conditions.
Dalles (Or.) > Environmental conditions.
Columbia River > Water rights.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Village and town : the communities transformed by the Dalles Dam
  • A riverscape as contested space
  • Debating the dam : "a serious breach of good faith"
  • Narratives of progress : development and population growth at the Dalles
  • Relocation and the persistence of Celilo Village: "we don't 'come from' anywhere"
  • Negotiating values : settlement and final compensation
  • Conclusion: Losses.

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