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Box 11

 Container

Contains 96 Collections and/or Records:

The Fight to Save Yakima Indian Fishing Rights at Celilo Falls , 1951

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 68
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_11_68_0001
Scope and Contents The Yakima Indians are appealing to Honorable Carl Albert to save their fishing rights at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River, which are guaranteed in a treaty from 1855. The construction of the Dalles Dam threatens to destroy these rights, and the Yakima Nation is calling for all appropriations for the dam to be voted against. They argue that the dam would cause irreparable damage to their welfare and is economically unsound. They have legal and moral rights to their fishing locations and have...