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People of Change: Examining a Loss of Cultural Practices in Native American People Through Salmon
Completed as a thesis for a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies at Lewis & Clark College.
“Since the creation of Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam in the 1900’s Native American ways of living have changed drastically. It is my hypothesis that Columbia River tribes have experienced a loss in cultural practices since these destructive environmental changes. Using salmon as a case study, historical research, and a comprehensive survey, this paper intends to dissect the relationship between Native Americans and the natural environment while simultaneously attempting to determine whether their cultural practices have been loss during the past fifty years. The construction of the Dalles Dam and Bonneville Dam flooded Celilo Falls and hundreds of ancestral fishing locations, and also destroyed a way of life for the four tribes of the Columbia Basin. This substantial loss is what I wish to investigate.” (Taken from abstract)
Note: the full text is not available in the CRTDL. For online availability, check: hhttp://enviro.lclark.edu/groups/scholarship/wiki/007aa/Examining_a_Loss_of_Cultural_Practices_in_Native_American_People_through_Salmon.html
Author: Bodine, Mary
Publisher: Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Or.)
Date: 2009
