Black-and-white photograph: Indigenous Fishing at Celilo Falls, 1940s. Location: Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon. Date: c. 1940s.

Indigenous Fishing at Celilo Falls, 1940s

c. 1940s  ·  Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon

Indigenous fishermen at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River in the 1940s, a Native fishery in continuous use for thousands of years. The falls were inundated by The Dalles Dam in 1957; this image dates from the final generation of the traditional dip-net fishery.

Date
c. 1940s
Location
Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon
Archive ID
R003-1
Photographer
Photo-Art Studio (Portland, Oregon)
Format
16-bit TIFF master · scanned from original negative
Celilo FallsColumbia RiverIndigenous FishingColumbia River Gorge1940s

Photo-Art Studio commercial archive (Portland, Oregon); acquired by Stephen Ingham 2001. Bulk donated to Oregon Historical Society 2002–2003 (Org. Lot 791); editorial rights retained.

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