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Indians of North America -- Fishing -- Oregon -- Celilo

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Oral history interview with Wilbur Slockish, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2738
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wilbur Slockish, Jr., conducted by Michael O’Rourke on February 11, 2000, as part of the Columbia River Dissenters Oral History Series. Slockish discusses his prosecution and incarceration after a federal-state sting operation that became known as "Salmonscam," talks about proposals to store nuclear waste on tribal lands, and shares his thoughts about the causes for the decline in fish and wildlife populations in the Columbia River Basin over the 20th century.

Dates: 2000 February 11