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When Celilo was Celilo : an analysis of salmon use during the past 11,000 years in the Columbia Plateau

Creator:

Thomison, Patrick

Abstract:

The presence and significance of salmon for prehistoric and aboriginal people of the Columbia Plateau is a matter of considerable debate among anthropologists, archaeologists and historians. Data from over 100 archaeological sites are scrutinized in the light of an example salmon fishery developed from ethnographic and archaeological information on aboriginal...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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presented on January 28, 1987. Title: When Celilo Was Celilo: An Analysis of Salmon Use During the Past
The Indian Dip Net Fishery at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River

Creator:

Schoning, Robert W., Merrell, Theodore R., Johnson, Donald R., and Oregon. Fish Commission

Abstract:

1. The Indians at Celilo Falls catch an average of over 2,600,000 pounds of fish each year, in dip nets in a manner very much the same as used by their ancestors. 2. The bulk of the fish caught at Celilo Falls is from the upriver fall run of chinook...

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Technical Report

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The Indians fish during both the spring and fall salmon runs. The river is too high to fish at Celilo