Celilo Falls
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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 Village, Oregon
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Celilo Village, Oregon is an unincorporated Native American community on the Columbia River in northeastern Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is near Lake Celilo, the former site of Celilo
Modern Native American Longhouse in Celilo Village with the Columbia River and Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge in the background