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Spearfish (Wash.) -- History -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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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