[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 217 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 217

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the 
           50th anniversary of the flooding of Celilo Falls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2007

 Mr. Wu submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the 
           50th anniversary of the flooding of Celilo Falls.

Whereas Celilo Falls, located near The Dalles, Oregon, was a great fishing and 
        trading location for Indian tribes and has been called the ``Wall Street 
        of the West'' by historians;
Whereas artifacts suggest tribes as far as Alaska, the Great Plains and the 
        Southwest United States came to trade and fish at Celilo for over 10,000 
        years;
Whereas the Umatilla, Nez Perce, Yakama and Warm Springs tribes reserved their 
        fishing rights at their usual and accustomed places, including Celilo, 
        when they signed treaties with the United States;
Whereas on March 10, 1957, to provide hydroelectricity and irrigation, The 
        Dalles Dam was constructed;
Whereas the completion of the dam inundated Celilo in six hours, quickly 
        changing the way of life for tribes that fished at Celilo; and
Whereas tribes still live and fish along the river, exercising their treaty 
        rights agreed with the Congress of the United States: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives recognizes the 50th 
anniversary of the flooding of Celilo Falls and the change of life it 
imposed upon tribal peoples.
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