In Defense of Wyam: Native-White Alliances and the Struggle for Celilo Village

by Katrine Barber

Book Overview

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 settler-descended advocates of the dam envisioning a future...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295743581
• ISBN13: 9780295743585
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher