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  • Collection: The Columbia Plateau Seminar

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10 year old Indian boy fishes with his Dad's dip bag net- bashfully

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Short clip from The Columiba: America's Greates Powerstream concerning Salmon and Celilo Falls

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Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands

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View of the canyon wall on the Oregon side showing Celilo Falls

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Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands.

A five minute amateur film of Native Americans fishing at Celilo. The films was dubbed to VHS in 1991 from a 3/4" tape. The WSU call number for the VHS Tabe is VHS 13483.

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Chief Tommy Thompson- Celilo Falls. Note braids wrapped in flannel.

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Children Playing with their dog. This is a makeshift summer home on island.

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Indian holding two heavy Chinook salmon which he will sell.

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Close-up view of dip bag net.

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Indian Fishing with dip bag net. Not rope around Indian.

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Indian woman on right canned 96 pints- pressure cooker. Here they are drying skin and backbone.

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"Day's End"- Old fish wheel revolved and caught fish- now outlawed.

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In September, when the run is on, Indians from many tribes fish on bank. By Concentrating their fishing during the months when the adult salmon are fighting their way up the river to spawn, the Indian fishermen are assured of large catches of…
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