by Jeremy FiveCrows | May 18, 2016 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
Climate change is real and, unfortunately, the effects appear to be in motion. We are witnessing changes in the seasons. Our roots and berries must be gathered sooner, and salmon returns are less predictable. Our people notice less snow in the mountains now, and there...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Apr 6, 2016 | CRITFC News
Above: Yakama leader Wilbur Slockish explains how difficult the situation is at the Lone Pine In-lieu Fishing Site near The Dalles, Oregon. On March 29, Representative Earl Blumenauer and Senator Jeff Merkley were guided on a tour by tribal leaders to four Zone 6...
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 | Mar 3, 2016 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
Umatilla tribal leader Jeremy Red Star Wolf assumed the CRITFC chairmanship after it was vacated by N. Kathryn Brigham in December. Jeremy Red Star Wolf is the current Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian...
by Jeremy FiveCrows | Feb 4, 2016 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter
For the third year in a row, fall chinook returning to the Snake River have set a new record. Data released by the Nez Perce Tribe shows that a new record of 9,345 redds, or gravel nests, were built by returning adults in the Snake River Basin between Lower Granite...
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