The federal government has acknowledged the harm caused to American Indians over the past century by Columbia River dams, which blocked salmon runs. This 1941 photo from the Library of Congress shows the bounty of salmon that tribal members used to catch at Celilo Falls, Oregon.
SEATTLE - The U.S. government has acknowledged, for the first time, the harmful role it has played over the past century in building and operating dams in the Pacific Northwest - dams that devastated Native American tribes by inundating their villages and decimating salmon runs while bringing electricity, irrigation and jobs to nearby communities.
In a new report, the Biden administration said those cultural, spiritual and economic damages continue to pain the tribes, which consider salmon part of their cultural and spiritual identity, as well as a crucial food source.
The government downplaye...
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