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  • Y-480418-24. Celilo Village longhouse, Feast of the First Salmon dinner. April 18, 1948. The purpose of this annual feast was to give thanks and welcome the first salmon to start the spring run up the Columbia River. With the beginning of each year's new salmon run, Celilo Indians could eat fresh fish instead of the dried salmon they preserved from the year before. Historically this was expected to be the second or third week of April, but the Indians would begin the celebration only after the fish actually appeared. Just the year before, in 1948, Chief Tommy Thompson had gone to the Warm Springs to invite all the Indians to Celilo for the feast on the weekend the fish were anticapated, but when the fish didn't run he had to postpone the ceremony for another week. And nine years before, in 1940, the feast was held on the first weekend of April, at the time it was said to be the earliest the feast had ever been held. Attendance had ranged from, according to newspaper reports, 47 Indians in 1938, rising to 600 at this one. The following year, in 1949, the feast was again postponed due to no fish. With the end of Celilo in the forseeable future, crowds continued to grow and finally, in 1956, at the last Feast of the First Salmon before the innundation, unseasonably warm weather in the late winter thawed the ice fields and Celilo falls flooded making fishing impossible. Celilo Indians were forced to buy 400 pounds of salmon on the commercial market in Portland to feed the crowd, which the newspaper reported as being comprised of "More white folks with cameras than Indian fishermen with dipnets." Ever since the falls were covered, the feast has been held at a pre-arranged time.
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  • Y-480418-04. Celilo Village longhouse, Feast of the First Salmon dinner. April 18, 1948. Standing in rear, Chief Tommy Thompson and Henry Charlie. The purpose of this annual feast was to give thanks and welcome the first salmon to start the spring run up the Columbia River. With the beginning of each year's new salmon run, Celilo Indians could eat fresh fish instead of the dried salmon they preserved from the year before. Historically this was expected to be the second or third week of April, but the Indians would begin the celebration only after the fish actually appeared. Just the year before, in 1948, Chief Tommy Thompson had gone to the Warm Springs reservation to invite all the Indians to Celilo for the feast on the next  weekend when the fish were anticapated, but when the fish didn't run he had to postpone the ceremony for another week. And nine years before, in 1940, the feast was held on the first weekend of April, at the time it was said to be the earliest the feast had ever been held. Attendance had ranged from, according to newspaper reports, 47 Indians in 1938, rising to 600 at this one. The following year, in 1949, the feast was again postponed due to no fish. With the end of Celilo in the forseeable future, crowds continued to grow and finally, in 1956, at the last Feast of the First Salmon before the innundation, unseasonably warm weather in the late winter thawed the ice fields and Celilo falls flooded making fishing impossible. Celilo Indians were forced to buy 400 pounds of salmon on the commercial market in Portland to feed the crowd, which the newspaper reported as being comprised of "More white folks with cameras than Indian fishermen with dipnets." Ever since the falls were covered, the feast has been held at a pre-arranged time.
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  • 9305-A4309. Overview of Indians fishing at Horseshoe falls, in Celilo Falls. Taken about 1928, before the view became cluttered with numerous cables strung between the seven principal islands in Celilo Falls. View from the Oregon shore and looking west. On the left is Chinook rock and the footbridge to it. Behind it is Standing island, Chief island and the main falls. In the center is Horseshoe falls and behind it is the Albert islands. On the extreme right, Indians are fishing in Downes channel. In the foreground are Yakama Indian fishing platforms. Every year in October these would be dismantled and stored until they could be reassembled the following year.
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  • 9305-B7384-3. Indians at end of Celilo's new Long House, Feast of The First Salmon, Celilo Village, April 16, 1939. Left to right: Chief Tommy Thompson, Henry Thompson, Chief Nipo T. Strongheart (1891-1966. acted in Hollywood movies and served as a technical advisor about Native Americans), Chief Joe Charley (Yakama) on right.
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  • 9305-B7384-4. Four Indians and 4 white people at end of Long House, Feast of The First Salmon. Celilo Village. April 16, 1939. Chief Tommy Thompson 5th from left, then Henry Thompson, Chief Nipo T. Strongheart (1891-1966. acted in Hollywood movies and served as a technical advisor about Native Americans), Chief Joe Charley (Yakama) on right.
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  • 9305-B7339. Indians fishing the channel between Standing and Chief's islands, Celilo Falls. The photographer is on Standing island, across the channel is Chief's Island, behind that is the main falls at Celilo. Ateem island (later Albert Brothers island) is on the extreme right. ca. 1928
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  • 9969-561007-02. Indians fishing at Celilo Falls, October 7, 1956
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  • 9305-B7362-4.  Indians in traditional dress at Celilo Falls. September 1938. 1= Louise Thompson. 2= Agnes Thompson. 3= either Margaret Buck or Roslene Yallup Napoleon (daughter of Hannah Yallup), 4= Hannah Sohappy Yallup (wife of Tom Frank Yallup), 5= ?child, 6= Pee-up-sun-yai (wife of William Yallup), 7= ?child, 8= Chief William Yallup, 9= ?child, 10= Henry Thompson, 11= ?child, 12= Tom Frank Yallup. Hannah Sohappy Yallup id by Amelia Sohappy on 1 Oct 1994.  . Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon
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  • 9305-B7372. Indians fishing at Celilo Falls, September 1938. The cablecar line in the foreground was for a hand operated car that went from this spot on the Oregon riverbank to Chinook rock, which can be seen on the extreme left. Within two years this was replaced by a footbridge that would be reconstructed every year. This was the area that was most accessible to tourists, who were constantly walking around therocks buying fish and the low-hanging cable line was a hazard.
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  • 9305-B7377.  "Celilo Falls. close-up of Indians Fishing.” Columbia River, Oregon
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  • 9305-B7345. view of Indians fishing at Celilo Falls. ca, 1928
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  • 9305-A4563. Bird's-eye view from the rimrock above Celilo showing the falls. Oregon Trail highway 30, Celilo Indian village, and Oregon Trunk railroad bridge. The Shell station on the right is the Tumwater Auto Service Station, owned by the Seufert brothers, had been recently built. About 1930.
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  • Y-480418-07. Crowds outside the longhouse at Celilo during the 1948 Feast of the First Salmon. The land surrounding the Long House is barren after being bulldozed to make room for war-surplus prefabricated houses to be moved from Madras and reassembled in Celilo Village. The entire village below the highway was going to be condemmend becasue The Dalles Dam's backwater would innundate it. Indians objected to almost every aspect of the relocation and vigouously opposed it.  April 18, 1948.
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  • 9969-561007-03. Indians fishing at Celilo Falls, October 7, 1956
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  • 9305-B7362-1.  Indians in traditional dress at Celilo Falls. September 1938. 1= Louise Thompson. 2= Agnes Thompson. 3= either Margaret Buck or Roslene Yallup Napoleon (daughter of Hannah Yallup), 4= Hannah Sohappy Yallup (wife of Tom Frank Yallup), 5= ?child, 6= Pee-up-sun-yai (wife of William Yallup), 7= ?child, 8= Chief William Yallup, 9= ?child, 10= Henry Thompson, 11= ?child, 12= Tom Frank Yallup. Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon
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  • 0015-07. View of Celilo falls area from Celilo Indian village about 1955. On the right is the automobile bridge over the canal, and the parking lot connecting with fishing platforms on the Oregon shore at Horseshoe falls.
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  • 9305-B7340. 3 Indians in a Seufert cable car returning from Standing Island. They are being towed to the Oregon shore by a gasoline engine at the upper cable terminus. ca. 1940
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  • 9305-A4306. General overview of Indians fishing at Celilo Falls, Oregon. ca. 1928
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  • 0001-F48-11. September 9, 1956.  Oregon Camera Club field trip.  Younger Indian woman in traditional dress is Miss Buster George, of Celilo Village.  Older Indian woman in traditional dress is Rachel Edmo, also of Celilo Village.  (she is the mother of Ed Edmo)
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  • 9969-540425-01 Celilo Indian Village during the Feast of the First Salmon, April 25, 1954
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  • 0011-06A. overview of Indian dwellings and shacks at Celilo Indian village before it's demolition and relocation in 1957.
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  • 0011-01B. Indian house in Celilo Indian Village before demolition by the Army  Corps of Engineers  in 1957.
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  • 9305-B7348. Indian women in traditional dress at Celilo Falls. September 1938. 1= Agnes Thompson. 2= Louise Thompson. 3= Margaret Dick Buck (wife of Frank Buck), 4= Pee-up-sun-yai (wife of William Yallup), 5= Hannah Sohappy Yallup (wife of Tom Frank Yallup).
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  • Ackroyd C00027-1. "Indians fishing at Celilo Falls September, 1947"
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  • 9305-B7025. Bird's-eye view of Celilo from the rimrock above the village, about 1930. The recently-built Shell station on the east end of town is the Tumwater Auto Service Station, owned by the Seufert brothers. on the lower right is the Celilo general store. That general area is where the present Celilo Village and longhouse are located.
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  • Y-480418-19. Indians in Celilo Village during the Feast of the First Salmon, April 18, 1948.
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  • Y-480418-18. Indians seated near the flagpole in Celilo Village during the Feast of the First Salmon, April 18, 1948.
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  • Ackroyd 03991-3. "Indians fishing at Celilo Falls. September 13, 1952"
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  • Y-590415-B1. Indian woman cooking in Celilo Longhouse kitchen April 15, 1959
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  • 9305-B7024. Bird's-eye view of Celilo village about 1928. The gas station on the east end of town hasn't been built yet. The road is paved but the white line hasn't been painted yet, that happened in 1933. On the lower left is the 400 foot parking space that Frank Seufert donated in May 1925. In the lower right is the Celilo General Store.
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  • 0001-F55-04. September 9, 1956.  Oregon Camera Club field trip to Celilo Falls.
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  • 9305-B7375. Bird’s-eye view of Celilo Falls. In the foreground is Seufert's Tumwater 1 fish wheel, with railcar siding. Behind it is Big island. The two rocks to the immediate right are Papoose island. ca. 1928.
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  • 9305-B7367-2. Henry Thompson at Celilo Falls. September, 1938
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  • 9305-B7385-12. Chinook rock. "Views of Celilo Falls before dam closure. October 5, 1956"
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  • 9305-B7365-4.  Chief Tommy Thompson at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon. August 1940.
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  • 9410-02. A tourist carrying a Kodak Brownie camera poses next to an Indian fishing in Downes channel at Celilo Falls. ca. 1936
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  • 9305-B7385-02. View of Celilo Falls before dam closure. October 5, 1956. On the left is the tip of Big island. On the right is Papoose island and behind it is Chief island, further back is the main channel and the Albert Brothers islands.
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  • 9305-B7362-5.  Tom Frank Yallup at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon. September 1938.
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  • 9305-B7047. Wilson Sam with salmon on a gaff at Celilo Falls, OR. Photo by Ralph Gifford, 1937
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  • 9305-B7045. Indian children sit on steps and drink soft drinks at the Celilo General Store and Post Office. The store owner is Charles E Frye, and his wife Laura B. is holding their granddaughter Susan. April 1940
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  • 9305-B7380. Edna David (left) and Stella McKinley in a salmon-drying shed, drying fish at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River in Wasco County. The salmon have been stretched on small wooden sticks and hung from poles suspended from the ceiling of the wooden building. 1952.
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  • 9305-B7365-3. William Yallup at Celilo Falls. September 1938.
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  • 9305-B7367-4. Chief Tommy Thompson at Celilo Falls. August 1940.
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  • 9305-B7371-1.  (l to r) Tom Frank Yallup, Henry Thompson, William Yallup. Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon September 1938.
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  • Y-590416F-21. view of Celilo village from above during Chief Thompson's memorial. April 16, 1959
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  • 9305-B7046.  Nancy Jim (left) and Hannah Sohappy Yallup are cleaning the first salmon caught for the traditional Feast of the First Salmon at Celilo village, April 7, 1940.
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  • Y-480418-02. Celilo Falls, Feast of the First Salmon. April 18, 1948. "Filets. Celilo tribeswoman prepares thick slices of freshly-caught salmon to be served at ceremonial longhouse dinner."
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  • 9305-B7328. Indians fishing at Horseshoe Falls, Celilo. These Indians are using stationary nets, rather than movable ones. They are holding the strings attached to their net to let them know when a fish lands, when they quickly pull the net out of the river. The board and pulley beside the Indian hanging over the platform edge supports the wire that holds the net hoop. May 1936
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  • 9305-A4292A. Meeting of tribal delegates held at The Dalles, Oregon, on February 23, 1939, to discuss damages to fishing sites and stations by the flooding of Bonneville Dam. The following delegates were present: Warm springs delegates: Frank Queahpama, Jerry Bruno, John Polk, Isaac McKinley.
Umatilla delegation: George Red Hawk, Allen Patowa, Jim Kesine, Jim Billy.
Yakima delegation: Thomas Yallup, Alex Saluskin, David Miller, Philip Olney. Other Indian groups represented: Rock Creek Indians: William Yallup, Willie John, Jimmy George. 
Celilo: Tommy Thompson, 
Cascade: Henry Charley. Officials present: Superintendents O.L. Babcock of Umatilla Agency, J. W. Elliot of Warm Springs Agency and M. A. Johnson of Yakima Agency; Mr. Shoemaker, representing the War Department. (Information from document in Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75, The National Archives, Seattle Branch.)
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  • 9305-A4609-3. General Wainwright meets Celilo Indians, November 15, 1945.  Wainwright was a four star general who had recently been liberated from thirty nine months of captivity as a Japanese prisoner of war.  At the time, he was America's most famous hero of the war, having endured the Battan Death March and torture in captivity.  He was making a national tour of appearances to promote the war bond drive.  For personal reasons, he requested a detour from his itinerary so he could visit Celilo Falls.  After his visit, he resumed his tour and made a speech in The Dalles, then traveled to Hood River and on to Portland for more speeches and a national radio broadcast. Henry Thompson is speaking with General Wainwright. Chief Tommy Thompson and Charley Quitoken (Quetukhin, Quittacken, Quitalkin) are also present.
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  • 9305-B7381-3.  Indians cooking at the last Feast of the First Salmon at Celilo Village before Celilo Falls were permanently submerged by the backwater of The Dalles Dam. Photo taken April 29, 1956. Left is Hannah Sohappy Yallup, right is Catherine Cushingway (mother of Nathan “8-Ball” Jim).
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  • 9305-A4307A. General Wainwright meets Celilo Indians, November 15, 1945.  Wainwright was a four star general who had recently been liberated from thirty nine months of captivity as a Japanese prisoner of war.  At the time, he was America's most famous hero of the war, having endured the Battan Death March and torture in captivity.  He was making a national tour of appearances to promote the war bond drive.  For personal reasons, he requested a detour from his itinerary so he could visit Celilo Falls.  After his visit, he resumed his tour and made a speech in The Dalles, then traveled to Hood River and on to Portland for more speeches and a national radio broadcast. (left to right) 1: Charley Quitoken (Quetukhin, Quittacken, Quitalkin), 2: General Wainwright, 3: Chief Tommy Thompson, 4: Henry Thompson (son of Tommy Thompson). Celilo Falls in background.
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  • 9305-B7362-2. Indians play the stick game at Celilo village during the annual Feast of the First Salmon on April 7, 1940. This is the traditional way of playing stick game, no drums or anything to make noise. Girl standing at left is Ella Jim (wife of Nathan “8-Ball” Jim) Woman in center is Alice Wahnuhie Minninick. Photo was published in the Oregon Journal on 12 May 1940,
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  • 9969-561007-01. Indians fishing at the top of Downes Channel, Celilo Falls, October 7, 1956
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  • 9305-B7048.  Four Indians at Opening of Bonneville Dam ceremonies, July 9 1938. (left to right) 1= Shu-Key Willie Spencer, 2= Chief Tommy Thompson, 3= Amos Simtustus, 4= ?. summary of event from The Dalles Weekly Chronicle: The official opening of the Port of The Dalles occurred when a flotilla of boats arrived at The Dalles dock. Visiting dignitaries stepped off the Onondaga and other vessels, official cars picked them up and transported them to the Union Pacific lawn just north of the chamber of commerce, where stood the 30-foot-high ‘gateway to the Inland Empire’. An Indian wigwam was located nearby. At 4:30 the official ceremonies started. KOIN produced a 15 minute west-coast wide broadcast of a presentation hosted by announcer Stanley Church. prominent participants were Governor Charles Martin of Oregon, Governor Barilla Clark of Idaho and Governor Clarence Martin of Washington. Glenn Howell acted as commentator for the pageant.
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  • 9305-B7384-5. Four Indians and 4 white people at end of Long House, Feast of The First Salmon. Celilo Village. April 16, 1939. Top row: Chief Tommy Thompson on left. Chief Nipo T. Strongheart (1891-1966. acted in Hollywood movies and served as a technical advisor about Native Americans), Henry Thompson, Chief Joe Charley (Yakama) on right.
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  • 9305-B7385-11. Young boys fishing in Downes channel. "Views of Celilo Falls before dam closure. October 5, 1956"
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  • Y-480418-06. "Small Fry. Right up to date, younger Celilo celebrants blew bubble gum, read comic magazines" Indian children in the Celilo Village longhouse during the Feast of the First Salmon. Note Chief Thopson behind the door. April 18, 1948.
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  • 9305-A4372-1. Indians on Parade float. Old Fort Dalles Frolics Parade. Thursday, August 29, 1940. Chief Tommy Thompson is holding the American flag and his son Henry Thompson is standing behind him. The parade was the annual Old Fort Dalles Frolics.  The location is in The Dalles, on East 3rd at Monroe, looking south from the NE corner.  The house in the background is now gone.
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  • 9305-B7384-1.  Chief Tommy Thompson at the Feast of The First Salmon. Celilo Village Long House, Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon, April 16, 1939.
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  • 9305-B7327A.  Chief Tommy Thompson at end of long house in Celilo Village. April 16, 1939. Celilo Falls, Oregon
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  • Y-480418-17. Indians in Celilo Village during the Feast of the First Salmon, April 18, 1948.
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  • Ida Thompson Wynookie (daughter of Chief Tommy Thompson) at the last Feast of the First Salmon at Celilo Village before Celilo Falls were permanently submerged by the backwater of The Dalles Dam. April 29, 1956.
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  • 9305-B7332. Roger Jim Sr. (1931-1988) as a young boy stands on rock posing with two large eels (Pacific lamprey). Celilo Falls in background.
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  • 9305-B7381-2. Judd Frank (Nez Perce) making pies at the last Feast of the First Salmon at Celilo Village before Celilo Falls were permanently submerged by the backwater of The Dalles Dam. Photo taken April 29, 1956.
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  • 9305-B7367-1. Chief Tommy Thompson at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon. August 1940.
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  • 9305-B7362-3.  Agnes Thompson (wife of Henry Thompson) and daughter Louise Thompson at Celilo Falls. September 1938.
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  • 9305-B7326A.  Chief Tommy Thompson at end of long house in Celilo Village. April 16, 1939. Celilo Falls, Oregon
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  • Y-480418-16. Indians in Celilo Village during the Feast of the First Salmon, April 18, 1948.
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  • Y-480418-09. Celilo Falls, Feast of the First Salmon. April 18, 1948. Indians on platforms dipnetting in Downes channel.
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  • 9305-B7371-2.  (l to r) Tom Frank Yallup, Henry Thompson, William Yallup at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon. September 1938.
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  • Y-480418-22. 2 Indian women serving food to Indian mothers and their children in the Celilo Village longhouse during the Feast of the First Salmon dinner. April 18, 1948.
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  • Y-480418-15. Flora Thompson, wife of Chief Tommy Thompson. Celilo Indian village, Feast of the First Salmon. April 18, 1948.
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  • 9305-B7367-3.  Chief Tommy Thompson at Celilo Falls, Columbia River, Oregon. August 1940.
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  • 9305-B7051 Dip netting salmon at Horseshoe falls at Celilo using stationary nets (set-dip, or bag-netting). Stationary nets were rested on the bottom of the channel to await a fish, rather than being moved to capture one. These nets were much larger and the net around the hoop was fixed open, rather than movable nets that had a thong which would close the net like a purse around the fish to prevent its escape. Stationary dip nets are much deeper than movable nets, the one shown here may be five to six feet deep. This type of net worked best when fish were likely to be caught falling back from strong currents or attempts to leap the falls. When the fish would strike the net, a vibration would travel through a string to the fisherman, who would lift the fish up quickly. This string can be seen hanging from the hoop and resting on the planks by the fisherman's right foot. The man in the foreground is Louis Jack and on the left is Joe Skahan. Photo by Ralph Gifford ca. 1940
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  • 0001-F53-08 Fishing platforms were handed down through generations. This platform is on the west side of Standing island. September 9, 1956.
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  • CS00531-09. East end of the old Celilo Indian Village, ca. 1952-1954. Celilo Canal terminus on left
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  • Y-480418-23. Indian children in the Celilo Village longhouse during the Feast of the First Salmon dinner. April 18, 1948.
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  • 0001-F52-04. Motorized cable crossing from the Oregon shore at Horseshoe Falls going to the Albert Brothers islands. September 9, 1956.
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  • 9305-A4312-4. interior of fish drying shed at Celilo Indian village. April. 1940
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  • CS00378-02. Cooking fish at the Feast of the First Salmon, Celilo Indian village, April 24, 1955.
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  • Y-480418-20. group of five drummers in the Celilo longhouse during the Feast of the First Salmon. Photo taken April 18, 1948
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  • CS00378-07. Indian fish drying shacks at Celilo Indian village, April 24, 1955.
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  • Y-480418-12. Tim-min-y Moses, sister of Mrs. Tommy Thompson, cooking salmon.  April 18, 1948.
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  • Y-480418-03. Timenonwye Mosstocken-Moses_Hypier (Timminy Moses), sister of Flora Thompson cooking salmon at the Feast of the First Salmon. April 18, 1948. She was born and raised in Maryhill, and lived there with a large family.
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  • 9969-530519-1. Pulling a cable car to Chinook rock. April 19, 1953. Wild Beauty plate 130.
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  • 9305-B7338. The heavily fished channel between Chief and Standing islands about 1928. In the background is Ateem rock, that the Albert brothers took over in the 1930s. They were Yakama Indians that forced the Culpus family away from their traditioal site, taking over and excluding other Indians. They poured concrete forms on the rock to change the channel to their advantage as well as a base for their own cable car; Ateem became the most altered of any of the Celilo Falls fishing sites except the previously dynamited Downes channel that was enlarged in the 1880s to make room for a fish wheel. Ultimately the Albert brothers were forced to relinquish their monopoly on the island, but the dispute remained a continual crisis in Celilo for many years.
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  • 9305-B7346. Oregon Trunk railroad bridge at Celilo after the Celilo Canal was built in 1915. Ladder rungs had been drilled into each granite support of the bridge and that was how Indians accessed fishing stations on Kiska and other islands. During the spring freshet, Celilo Falls itself woud often be completely submerged and then these islands were the best fishing sites.
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  • CS00305-14. Indians fishing at Celilo Falls. On the left is Chiefs island, on the right Standing island. Late 1940s.
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  • 0805-M01B. Indians with fish at Celilo Falls. 1936
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  • 9305-B7352. close-up of Indians' fish catch at Celilo Falls. The box is on a scaffold on the north side of Horseshoe falls. Downes channel is on the left and in the background is Chinook Rock. The box cover has been removed for photographing, fishboxes had a canvas tarp to shield the catch from the sun and wind, otherwise they would quickly spoil.
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  • 0805-M01. Indians with fish at Celilo Falls. 1936.
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  • 9808-C266  Indians fishing at Celilo Falls, Oregon, fall 1936
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  • CS00962-01. Oregon shore at Celilo next to the parking lot. This is where tourists bought their fish, and also served as a good place to take a break from their road trip to watch the Indians fishing. ca. 1949-1952.
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  • 1212-04. Indians fishing in Downes channel at Celilo Falls
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  • 9808-C265 Indians fishing at Celilo Falls, Oregon, fall 1936
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  • CS00963-12. Indians preparing Celilo fishing grounds for the beginning of the summer season. They are laying wires for the cable cars from the Oregon shore to Standing Island. The man is standing on Chinook Rock which is still mostly submerged in the spring high water. 1940s.
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  • 9305-B7356. close-up of Indians fishing at Celilo Falls
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  • 9305-B7044. Eight Indian children at Celilo Village, May 1940. (left to right) 1=?, 2= Dewey Canapoo (also spelled Canapo), 3= Nelson Billy, 4= Wallace Albert, 5=Tommy Eli, 6= Buster George, 7= Cecil Billy, 8=Russell Billy. Dewey Joe Canapoo was born September 25, 1932 and died April 11, 1952, obituary in The Dalles Chronicle, April 13, 1952, pg. 1, col. 3. He appears to be about 8 years old in this photo. Nelson Billy died November 2, 1972 at age 43 in Portland, Oregon. Story in Oregonian, November 3, 1972, pg. 35 col. 1. Buster George of Celilo returned from Army service in Korea in April 1954. Cecil Billy of Goodnoe Hills, Washington, returned from Army service in Korea in July, 1955. <br />
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(Identifications by Celilo Village elders April 1994, additional identifications by contemporary Celilo resident September 2012) Horvath notch code #14B. Emulsion #33. Other photos taken about the same time, with the same emulsion number, are 9305-A4312-1, 9305-A4312-5, 9305-B7044, 9305-B7046.  B7046 was published in the Oregon Journal on May 12, 1940 and Everett Olmstead was credited as the photographer. 9305-A4312-5 shows a 1940 license plate on a Ford car.
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  • 8609-R10-03. Chief Tommy Thompson visiting the All-Indian rodeo at Tygh Valley. May 22, 1955.
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