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10 year old Indian boy fishes with his Dad's dip bag net- bashfully

Indian boys enjoying themselves in cable car.

Indian woman near cable landing. Like many white women you know she had sons in the service-- three of them.

Fish buyer weighs salmon and pays Indian. some Indians make much money.

Indian holding two heavy Chinook salmon which he will sell.

Indian pulls dip bag net out of water with salmon. Note net does not collapse.

Indian Fishing with dip bag net. Not rope around Indian.

Close-up view of dip bag net.

Indians making own nets

In September, when the run is on, Indians from many tribes fish on bank. By Concentrating their fishing during the months when the adult salmon are fighting their way up the river to spawn, the Indian fishermen are assured of large catches of…

Precarious Fishing Spot. Note cable car, falls, and platform.

Indians pulling in salmon with dip net. Note how net collapses.

Indians fishing from platforms at Celilo Falls. Supported by cables anchoring near the lips of narrow canyons where fishing is best, the wooden platforms are lowered down the canyon walls within easy reach of the roaring torrent of water.

Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands

Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands.

View of Celilo Falls- Homes of Indians and Indians Fishing

View of the canyon wall on the Oregon side showing Celilo Falls

Construction of the West cofferdam

Keaby gets on the bus as the owner looks wistfully on.