Negotiating Progress at Celilo Falls
Dr. Katrine Barber will be the keynote speaker at the Oregon Council for the Social Studies spring conference, Journeys on the Columbia River: Past, Present, and Future in Rainier, Oregon.
Negotiating Progress at Celilo Falls
Journey on the Columbia: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Katrine BarberApr 10
Rainier Junior/Senior High School
28170 Old Rainier Rd.
Rainier, Oregon 97048
Phone: (541) 792-0468
Fishing at Celilo Falls circa 1942. Image Courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers
"Negotiating Progress at Celilo Falls" -- The construction of The Dalles Dam on the mid-Columbia River beginning in 1952 reflected the ambitions of the city of The Dalles' many boosters. But it also raised controversial questions about who would benefit from a wild river remade into a series of lakes and who would pay the costs of such a transformation. This illustrated talk explores the ways in which individuals in The Dalles and beyond negotiated the costs and benefits of re-engineering the river among themselves and what we can learn today from their debates.
The Oregon Council for the Social Studies (OCSS) sponsors conferences that features many special sessions, workshops, speakers, and a large exhibit of social studies materials. Currently the conference registration fees include a year's membership in OCSS. To register for the day-long conference go to OCSS registration
Katy Barber is director of the Center for Columbia River History and an associate professor of history at Portland State University where she has worked since 2001. She teaches Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. history, as well as public history courses. She is also on the Native American Studies faculty. She is the author of Death of Celilo Falls (University of Washington Press, 2005) and co-author of Nature's Northwest: The North Pacific Slope in the Twentieth Century (University of Arizona Press, forthcoming), as well as numerous articles.