The Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest, which Natives call Nch’i-Wána, or “the great river,” has sustained Indigenous people in the region for millennia.
ALONG THE COLUMBIA RIVER — James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River. His silvery ponytail flutters in the wind, and a string of eagle claws adorns his neck.
Water from the Columbia River churns below The Dalles bridge near The Dalles Dam, crossing the Washington and Oregon state line, on Sunday, June 19, 2022. The river is threatened by industrialization, climate change and pollution. Bronsco Jim Jr., who was appointed mid-Columbia River chief, stands with his cousin Elaine Harvey, a fish biologist for Yakama Nation fisheries, at the banks of the Columbia River near the John Day Dam in Rufus, Ore., on Sunday, June 19, 2022. Harvey says the tribes are focused on preserving areas in tributaries such as the Klickitat and White Salmon, two glacial rivers that provide cold water for migrating salmon.
A dog named Kaloua lies beneath a rack of freshly caught salmon at an"in-lieu fishing site," lands set aside by Congress to compensate tribes whose villages were inundated by dams, on the Columbia River in Bonneville, Ore., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Yakama Nation elder James Kiona stands on the rocky edge of Lyle Falls on the Klickitat River, a tributary of the Columbia River, on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Lyle, Wash. Kiona has fished for Chinook salmon for decades here on his family's scaffold, using a dip net suspended from a 33-foot pole.
Wilbur Slockish Jr., a river chief of the Klickitat Band of the Yakama Nation, looks at petroglyphs in Columbia Hills Historical State Park on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Lyle, Wash. In the 1980s, Slockish served 20 months in federal prison on charges of poaching salmon from the Columbia River. He says he went to prison to fight for his people's right to practice their faith.
Travelers and locals cast fishing lines from the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Bonneville, Ore. From its headwaters in British Columbia where the Rocky Mountains crest, the Columbia River flows south into Washington state and then westward and into the Pacific Ocean at its mouth near Astoria, Ore.
Water rushes through Lyle Falls in the Klickitat River, a tributary that runs into the Columbia River, on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Lyle, Wash. For generations, Indigenous people have fished for salmon and trout from scaffolds perched just above the sacred water. Fresh salmon hangs from a wooden pole at the campsite of Bettie Sutterlicht and Aaron Paul along the Columbia River in Bonneville, Ore., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. For thousands of years, Native tribes in this area have relied on the Columbia River, or Nch'i-Wána, for its salmon and trout, and its surrounding areas for edible roots, medicinal herbs and berry bushes, which are used for food and rituals.
Bronsco Jim Jr., mid-Columbia River chief, cleans the longhouse altar, a rectangle of Earth, with water before a ceremonial meal at the Celilo Village longhouse on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Celilo Village, Ore. The tribe's first foods are placed on the table in seasonal order before the meal begins.
A man throws a fish back into the Columbia River from the Whitefoot family scaffold in Bonneville, Ore., on Monday, June 20, 2022. For thousands of years, Native tribes in this area have relied on the Columbia River for its salmon and trout, and its surrounding areas for edible roots, medicinal herbs and berry bushes, which are used for food and rituals.
Wilbur Slockish Jr., a river chief of the Klickitat Band of the Yakama Nation, stands for a portrait near the Columbia River in Columbia Hills Historical State Park in Lyle, Wash., on Saturday, June 18, 2022. In the 1980s, Slockish served 20 months in federal prison on charges of illegally poaching salmon from the Columbia River. He says he went to prison to fight for his people's right to practice their faith.
Bill Yallup Jr. stands at the banks of the Columbia River, where he and his son fish for salmon and trout, on Friday, June 17, 2022, in Bingen, Wash. Yallup's family came to Celilo Falls when he was an infant, and he lives along the river during the fish harvesting season. Freshly caught salmon is sliced and hung at an"in-lieu fishing site," lands set aside by Congress to compensate tribes whose villages were inundated by dams, on the Columbia River in Bonneville, Ore., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
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