Death of Celilo Falls
By: by Katrine Barber.
Series: The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest in association with University of Washington Press; University of Washington Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project -- History.; Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Oregon -- Celilo.; Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- Oregon -- Celilo.; Indians of North America -- Relocation -- Oregon -- Celilo.; Salmon fishing -- Oregon -- Celilo.; Fishery law and legislation -- Oregon -- Celilo.; Water rights -- Oregon -- Celilo.; Dalles Dam (Or. and Wash.) -- History.; Dalles Dam (Or. and Wash.) -- Environmental conditions.; Celilo (Or.) -- Social conditions.; Celilo (Or.) -- Environmental conditions.; Dalles (Or.) -- Environmental conditions.; Columbia River -- Water rights.
Description: "Death of Celilo Falls is a story of ordinary lives in extraordinary circumstances, as neighboring communities went through tremendous economic, environmental, and cultural change in a brief period. Katrine Barber examines the negotiations and controversies that took place during the planning and construction of the dam and the profound impact the project had on both the Indian community of Celilo Village and the non-Indian town of The Dalles, intertwined with local concerns that affected the entire American West: treaty rights, federal Indian policy, environmental transformation of rivers, and the idea of "progress.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Village and town : the communities transformed by the Dalles Dam; title: A riverscape as contested space; title: Debating the dam : "a serious breach of good faith"; title: Narratives of progress : development and population growth at the Dalles; title: Relocation and the persistence of Celilo Village: "we don't 'come from' anywhere"; title: Negotiating values : settlement and final compensation; title: Conclusion: Losses.