Empty nets
Subtitle: Indians, dams, and the Columbia River
By: Roberta Ulrich.
Series: Culture and environment in the Pacific West
Publisher: Oregon State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Corvallis, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Law and legislation -- Oregon -- History; Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Law and legislation -- Washington (State) -- History; Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Oregon -- History; Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Washington (State) -- History; Pacific salmon fisheries -- Columbia River -- History
Description: "In 1939, the U.S. government promised to provide Columbia River Indians with replacements for traditional fishing sites flooded in the backwater of the Bonneville Dam. Roberta Ulrich recounts the Indians' sixty-year struggle, in the courts and on the river, to persuade the government to keep its promise."--BOOK JACKET.

"Ulrich's broad and incisive account ranges from descriptions of the dam's disastrous effects on a salmon-dependent culture to portraits of the plight of individual Indian families. Descendants of those to whom the promise was made and activists who have spent their lives working to acquire the sites reveal the remarkable patience and resiliance of the Columbia River Indians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-241) and index.