by ebs-admin | Sep 7, 2021
Home >> Salmon Culture >> Tribal Salmon Culture >> Celilo Falls Celilo Falls The center of trade and heart of the region’s salmon culture for thousands of years. Fishing for salmon at Celilo Falls was a dangerous endeavor. Many fishers wore rope...
by Jill-Marie Gavin | Dec 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
CELILO, Ore. – On the morning of its unveiling ceremony, and within moments of opening, the sounds of bouncing basketballs and swishing hoops filled the air around the freshly built “mini-pitch” court in Celilo Village, a Native community along the Columbia River. ...
by Jill-Marie Gavin | Jul 22, 2024 | CRITFC News
PORTLAND – In 1951, US Fish & Wildlife employee Raymond Matheny was given the assignment of documenting the Indian fishery at Celilo Falls. Over the following two years, Matheny took hundreds of photos of the tribal fishers, carefully documenting names, locations,...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Mar 10, 2016 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
Dipnetting from Albert’s Island at Celilo Falls. September, 1952. Photo courtesy Matheny Collection. For centuries, the roar of the great waterfall Celilo Falls echoed from the canyon walls near the start of the Columbia Gorge. Celilo Falls made visible the power and...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Sep 24, 2013 | The Dipnetter
An historic meeting of United States Attorneys from throughout the country took place at Celilo Village on Sept. 18. The group consisted of the 2013 Attorney General’s Advisory Council Native American Issues Subcommittee. Amanda Marshall, United States Attorney for...
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