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Terry Courtney, Jr. Memorial

by | Jun 21, 2013 | Uncategorized

Warm Springs tribal elder Terry Courtney, Jr. demonstrating how to tie a net at the Celilo Falls Inundation 50th Anniversary Commemoration. Warm Springs tribal elder Terry Courtney Jr. passed away on June 15. Mr. Courtney served on the Warm Springs Fish & Wildlife...

Salmon Marketing

by | Sep 7, 2021

Home >> For Tribal Fishers >> Salmon Marketing Salmon Marketing Although the number of fish returning to the Columbia River and its tributaries has been inconsistent, the reliance of Pacific Northwest tribal communities on salmonas an economic resource has...

Who We Are

by | Dec 15, 2020

Who We Are Salmon are one of the most important aspects of the cultures of the Indigenous peoples of the Columbia River Basin. They could rightly be called Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum or “Salmon People” for how completely these sacred fish shaped our cultures, diets, societies,...
In memoriam: Chief Carl Sampson

In memoriam: Chief Carl Sampson

by | Nov 16, 2017 | CRITFC News, The Dipnetter

Carl Sampson, also known as Peo Peo Mox Mox (Yellowbird) and was the hereditary Chief of the Walla Walla Tribe, passed away November 15, 2017 in Pendleton, Oregon. Carl was born August 19, 1933 at Tutuilla Flats on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. His parents...