Celilo Sovereignty – The Celilo Fish Committee (Delbert Frank)
Mar 25, 2018 | Columbia River Salmon - Agencies and Organizations, Salmon Culture | 0 |
The late Delbert Frank, a long-term member of the Warm Springs Tribal Council and chairman of its Fish and Wildlife Committee discusses the Celilo Fish Committee that managed the tribal fishery at Celilo Falls before its...
Read MoreHonoring Judge Robert Belloni at Simnasho Longhouse
Mar 22, 2018 | Treaty Rights -- The Legal Context | 0 |
Ted Strong hosts a feast honoring Judge Robert Belloni of the Federal District Court of Oregon for his role in the federal case adjudicating treaty fishing rights on the Columbia River, United States vs. Oregon. Judge Belloni...
Read More“Teach a man to fish . . . .” Lewis & Clark meet Native fishermen at N’Chiwana (a.k.a. the Columbia)
Mar 22, 2018 | Salmon Culture | 0 |
Nathan “Eightball” Jim was a Native American humorist whose business card read, “Everybody’s Favorite Emcee.” He was a member of the Warm Springs Tribes who often told the story of being abducted...
Read MoreRestoring Abundance on the Deschutes – The Tribal Way
Mar 22, 2018 | Last Truth -- Columbia River Dam Development and the Treaty Fishery, Salmon Production | 0 |
After returning from World War II battlefields, Delbert Frank and other Warm Springs tribal members noted the impact that Bonneville dam was having on salmon in the Deschutes. As a response, they initiated a program to increase...
Read MoreColumbia River – The Flow of Life
Feb 6, 2018 | Salmon Culture | 0 |
Columbia River - The Flow of Life A talk by Jerry Meninick, Vice-Chairman of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council, accompanied by a collection of Columbia River scenes scripted and edited by Rick Taylor of the Columbia River...
Read MoreThree Warriors: Shirley Iman, Mary Settler, Loretta “Chet” Halfmoon
Feb 6, 2018 | Tribal Salmon Harvest | 0 |
Three Warriors: Shirley Iman, Mary Settler, Loretta “Chet” Halfmoon Excerpts from an event honoring three Native women who fought to secure treaty rights for tribal people fishing on the mainstem of the Columbia River following...
Read MoreSalmon Scam Revisited
Feb 6, 2018 | Tribal Salmon Harvest | 0 |
Wilbur Slockish and David Sohappy, Jr., Salmon Scam defendants before federal and tribal court, and Tom Keefe their attorney in Yakama Tribal Court discuss the 1982 Salmon Scam arrests, trials, and imprisonment initiated by the...
Read MoreSalmon Scam 1981 – 1989
Feb 6, 2018 | Tribal Salmon Harvest | 0 |
Salmon Scam 1981 - 1989 Klickitat Chief and Lyle Longhouse leader, Wilbur Slockish discusses “Salmon Scam,” the 1982 Department of Commerce undercover operation that resulted in severe federal prison sentences for...
Read MoreRoy Sampsel at BPA’s 75th Anniversary – Collaborating for Salmon Success
Feb 3, 2018 | Last Truth -- Columbia River Dam Development and the Treaty Fishery | 0 |
In September 2012, Roy Sampsel spoke at the 75th anniversary of BPA. Implementation of the NW Power act had been underway since 1984 and results were beginning to demonstrate that tribal programs were resulting in salmon...
Read MoreRoy Sampsel on the 50th Anniversary of BPA – 50 Hours for 50 Years
Feb 3, 2018 | Last Truth -- Columbia River Dam Development and the Treaty Fishery | 0 |
August 1987 -- Reminding the Federal Water Management Agencies of Their Obligations In August 1987, the Bonneville Power Administration planned an event with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation to celebrate...
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Documenting the unrevised history of the decline and recovery of salmon populations in the upper Columbia and of the people who most revered them is the purpose of LastTruth.org. Using cultural values and cutting edge science, the Yakama Nation, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs , the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the Nez Perce Tribe are restoring and rebuilding salmon runs in their territories. The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), composed of the fish and wildlife committees of its member tribes provides management coordination and the technical resources needed to ensure the sustainability of tribal efforts to implement their treaty-protected rights to take fish at their usual and accustomed fishing places both on and off the reservations.