Name/Title
Native American Fishing with a Net 1911 - Columbia River at Wishram Village, WashingtonEntry/Object ID
P-5970Description
Native American with hand net fishing the river
Photo by Edward Curtis #3013-09
From: https://www.confluenceproject.org/library-post/columbia-river-fish-weirs-and-wheels-two-divergent-cultures/
"Wishram fishing platform photographed in 1911 by Edward S. Curtis. The Wishram people lived on the north bank (later Washington) of Celilo Falls and the Wasco people lived on the south bank (later Oregon). The most intense bargaining occurred at the Wishram village of Nix-luidix.[1] Charles Wilkes reported finding three major native fishing sites on the lower Columbia — Celilo Falls, the Big Dalles, and the Cascades Rapids, with the Big Dalles being the largest. Alexander Ross described it as the “great rendezvous” of native traders, and “the great emporium or mart of the Columbia"." dlking 6/28/2023