Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The name refers to a ser
Dipnet fishing at Celilo Falls in the 1950s
Native salmon fishermen at Celilo Falls. Russell Lee, September 1941.
Fishing sites existed along the entire length of The Narrows. Russell Lee, September 1941.
Native Americans drying salmon, circa 1900
Celilo Canal was a canal in Oregon connecting two points of the Columbia River, just east of The Dalles.
Celilo Canal in 1910; the Columbia River is visible at left.