Echo of Water Against Rocks

“Celilo Falls, for thousands of years it was the cultural hub of the Pacific Northwest, drawing people from across the region to fish, feast, trade, and renew kinship… In 1957 Celilo Falls was swallowed by the rising backwater of the newly constructed Dalles Dam. A new era of hydropower had begun, displacing the traditional ways along the Columbia…” Produced and directed by Ian McCluskey & Steve Mital.