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Show Suml.iv, JuK M 117 1 Ml l)in II! KM I) I'i.ah I i.,h Ciyo M Indians mark 40th anniversary of loss of famed falls miles By CHARLES E. BEGGS AiKialcd Prck Writer Dalles. THE DALLES, Ore. They in the longhouse at Cclilo Village, an encampment that's a nhadow of its former self, and talked of the old days. "We told about the salmon. How you salt it, how you dry it," Adeline Miller said Thursday. "You don't see much of that anymore. "Eat salmon three times a day, never got tired of it." Hat That was before March 10, 957, the day the gates on the mammoth The Dalles Dam dosed and literally drowned a Native Americans' historic Columbia Kiver salmon fish1 ery. On Thursday, about 300 peo- gathered to mark the 40th anniversary of the loss of the fishery and the falls, about 12 ple that harnessed the Columbia to The from upstream Authorities believe Indians had fished at the falls for 9,000 or 10,000 years. They speared and netted fish at the falls, which were about 20 feet high and spanned the Columbia, a thundering, cascading, boiling mass of water. To Native Americans, the salmon were sustenance, barter and religion. "Many of the fishermen w ho came here were wealthy because of it," said Laura Herg, for the spokeswoman Columbia River l Fish Commission, a administrative body for Indian fishing rights. "They had the salmon. They sold it, and could trade it for things," she said. Tribal elders have put on the annual Celilo anniversary Inter-Triba- "We used to drink it (water from the Columbia River in ceremonies. Today you can't pay a man $100 to take a drink of water from the river." AIR FORCE A military RASE, Neb. (AP) judge gave a four-yea- r prison term and a bad conduct discharge to an airman who ran off with a girl he met on the Internet. - Senior Airman Brooker Maltais, 22, pleaded guilty Thursday to nine charges, including statutory rape and sodomy. But he insisted that his motive for taking the girl away from Rochester, N.Y., was not to have sex with her but to help her. "The intentions were good," Maltais said. "The actions were criminally stupid." The girl's mother, Cheryl Kiefch, testified that her daughter Avas "naive, manipulative anfl mart," and tricked the into believing he was saving per from a bad family situair-ms- ation. Both the mother and the daughter, Ceara O'Connell, hayfe discussed the case public and the girl spoke on Wednesday about her loJvfor Maltais. 3$ie airman told the judge he knfew the sexual part of their relationship was wrong, but she pursued it and he didn't say no. tele-vi$a- n which the children liked. The finish was another glass of water. ov nt for seven years. "The younger don't know generation to believe wht-the- you or nut" when the elders describe lu 'old fishing days, said Jay Minthorne, 61. a member of the Confederated Tribes The meal was preceded Nation. Courts and treaties ensure that Indians' retain rights to berries. A slight deviation from tradition was cake, fish in their traditional places, Mut The Dalles Dam and others I: TTJjlEI-- A 1-8- MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION THE DAILY HERALD ; r s k. v. r n nOy r i r" LJ n nri vA on after leave This hilarious ProYO Theatre Company opener is a Tony Award-winnwritten by one of America's most exhilarating playwrights Ken Ludwig. er l, j The zany sequel to "A GreaterTuna," this play is a Utah premiere. Come with us and spend Christmas m tne crazy community or luna, lexas. (Tjlj I 00- 572-171- 7 Called "America's favorite musical," it's a fun music and nostalgic return to the shoo-bo- p of the 50s. mm u (lows can be improved by such steps as removing several Idaho dams that don't generate jxiwer. Dams have raised the water temperature higher than fish like, he said, And he says pollution damaged the Columbia's quality, "We used to drink it in ceremonies," he said. "Today you can't pay a man $100 to lake a drink of water from the river." PRESENTING SPONSOR: being absent without from Offutt since Dec. 24. He could have received up to 66 years in a military prison, but prosecutors asked for six years and a dishonorable discharge. His bad conduct discharge is a step less severe. Col. Dennis E. Kansala, the also judge at the doubled the time credited as already served by Maltais, from 91 to 182 days. The judge faulted base authorities for letting the media photograph a shackled Maltais, calling it punishment before trial. court-martia- dam. Minthorne acknowledges there's no reasonable hope the big hydropower dams will ever come out. But be hopes stream ! mall. 111., k Rufus when she can. "It's something you grew up doing," she said. its not It g was arrested d teacher. She still fishes at PROVO THEATRE COMPANY an They met through Internet chat room devoted to a game. A vampire the tip generated by syndicated "Maury Povich Show" helped authorities find Ceara, who was reported missing Dec. 19 after her mother dropped her off at a Rochester shopping April 16 in Marion, that song 'Roll on Columbia'," said Minthorne, who lives in Pendleton. "But you can't sign that now, it's just manmade lakes." Ed Ed mo of Portland was a child at Celilo Village when the dam obliterated the falls. "It was like a dream, it was traumatic," said Ed mo, a memIdaho-baseber of the Shoshone-Bannoctribe who also claims ancestors in the Yakama and Ne?. Perce tribal organizations. He said the village residents managed to form an organization that successfully lobbied the federal government for compensation for the diminished fishing because of the Scheri Sotomish, a Nez Perce who lives at the small riverside town of Rufus, says her father fished at Celilo and up and down the river before the dam. After that, he became a aIUalWM courtroom. Maltais by prayers and followed by traditional songs. Participants also included members of the N'ez Perce Tribe, Confederated TriboN of the Warm Springs Reservation and Confederated Tribes and Hands of the Yakama Indian Indian Umatilla of the Reservation. Those at Thursday's observance ale ,lhe traditional meal. It bogu with a glass of water, f'ojlowed by salmon, then game such as deer meat, followed ,by ome roots and Maltais said he loves Ceara and would like to marry her some day. Before the sentence was announced, the two waved at each other from across the role-playin- "There is Jay Minthorne Airman pleads guilty to faking off with girl OFFUTT bring cheap hydroolectricity to the region dramatically changed the nature of the fishing places. Oleanna is a highly praised new drama from America's cutting-edg- Pulitzer e Prize-winni- ng playwright, David Mamet Contains. mature m subject matter. 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