Celilo Village, Oregon

The site was once a major cultural and trading center, until Celilo Falls was inundated by The Dalles Dam in 1957.

[2] The 2000 census reported a total resident population of 44 persons living on a land area of 102.11 acres (0.4132 km2).

The United States Army Corps of Engineers provided funding for construction of a new tribal long house in 2006.

[3][4] The Corps of Engineers built and maintains the dams that have annihilated the salmon runs upon which Native ceremonial, commercial and dietary life depend.

Many residents are fishers engaging in ceremonial, subsistence, and commercial fisheries for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon in the Columbia River.

Location of Celilo Village
Modern Native American Longhouse in Celilo Village with the Columbia River and Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge in the background
Native Americans drying salmon at Celilo Falls, circa 1900
Wasco County map