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Time, Memory, and
Imagination
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Columbia River and Seattle Seminar
May 20 - 25
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(photos by Rodney Frey and Nick Sanyal)
Wilbur Johnson
Listen as Wilbur Johnson, Warm Springs Elder, reflects on the meaning of of the Columbia River, Celilo Falls, and the Salmon for his people.
Part 1 In a time before the coming of human peoples, Wilbur talks about the Swallows and the Deer, and their relation to the Salmon.
Part 2 Wilbur relates some of the ways the salmon is respected by the Indian peoples - of sharing with others, of giving back to the salmon, and of honoring the Creator with the Salmon Feast.
Part 3 Wilbur talking about the seasons and locations for salmon fishing from the scaffolds at Celilo Falls and Spear Fish at The Dalles.
Part 4 Wilbur discusses the use of scaffolds and the "dangers" in set and dip net fishing for salmon.
Part 5 Wilbur discusses where some chiefs of the area resided, including Tommy Thompson, and the importance of trade.
Part 6 Wilbur discusses how the people communicated over long distances, using "fast travelers," and remembers the events of a year, with "yarn."
Part 7 Wilbur talks about the "June Hawgs" and the difficultly of dipnetting, and about barging the smolts, the "biggest mistake biologists ever made."
Part 8 Wilbur considers some of the destructive consequences of the dams, referring to the "killer dams," the lose of the "Blue Backs," and how the water has become "dirty."
(Presentation given on Salmon Head Beach near Celilo Falls, 20 May 2003))
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