In Defense of Wyam: Native-White Alliances and the Struggle for Celilo Village - Paperback
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In Defense of Wyam: Native-White Alliances and the Struggle for Celilo Village
When the US Army Corps of Engineers began planning construction of The Dalles Dam at Celilo Village in the mid-twentieth century, it was clear that this traditional fishing, commerce, and social site of immense importance to Native tribes would be changed forever. Controversy surrounded the project, with local Native communities anticipating the devastation of their way of life and white...
Katrine Barber is associate professor of history at Portland State University. She is the author of Death of Celilo Falls and Nature's Northwest: The North Pacific Slope in the Twentieth Century.
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