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Salmon fishing -- Columbia River -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Report on salmon wheel studies, Columbia River Basin

 Collection
Identifier: Mss1552
Abstract

Carbon copy typescript of "Report on Salmon Wheel Studies, Columbia River Basin," 1908, regarding the history of the use of fish wheels on the Columbia River, with statistics.

Dates: 1908

Oral history interview with Flora Cushinway Thompson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9586
Abstract

Oral history with Flora Cushinway Thompson conducted around 1971. Thompson discusses the Wyam people's way of life at Celilo Falls, and the Wyams' resistance to the construction of The Dalles Dam.

Dates: circa 1971

Oral history interview with Flora Cushinway Thompson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 9504
Abstract

Oral history interview with Flora Cushinway Thompson conducted by Joan Arrivee Wagenblast in April 1966. Thompson, whose husband was Wyam Chief Tommy Thompson, discusses the forced relocation of the Wyam people after the construction of The Dalles Dam flooded Celilo Falls.

Dates: 1966 April