Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Celilo Falls Indian Relocation Project records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 2678
Abstract
Records compiled by Barbara Mackenzie, who directed a U.S. government project to remove and relocate Native residents of the fishing communities of Spearfish, Washington, and Celilo, Oregon. The communities were displaced by the government's construction of The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River in the 1950s. The collection includes case files on individuals, including biographical information and photographs of housing; correspondence; minutes of advisory committee meetings; and relocation...
Dates:
1948-1957; Majority of material found within 1954-1957
Oral history interview with Barbara A. Mackenzie
Collection
Identifier: SR1936
Abstract
Oral history interview with Barbara A. Mackenzie conducted by Katy Barber from September 27, 1999, to June 1, 2001. Mackenzie was director of the U.S. government project that relocated Native Americans displaced by the construction of The Dalles Dam in eastern Oregon and Washington state.
Dates:
1999 September 27-2001 June 1