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A Success Story: The Umatilla River Fisheries Restoration Program
(Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 1996).

A Visit with the River People of Hanford Reach
"The 60-member Wanapum Tribe has never lost its spiritual connection to Washington's Columbia River, and is now hoping to reclaim the only free-flowing stretch left—the Hanford Reach." (Carlotta Collette, High Country News 29(23), December 8, 1997).

Aboriginal Right To Fish
(Laura Cameron, Stó:lo Curriculum Consortium, 1996).

Columbia Basin Salmon Policy Adopted by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
(Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, March 8, 1995).

Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
CRITFC is the technical support and coordinating agency for the fishery management of the Warm Springs, Yakama, Umatilla and Nez Perce Tribes (the four Columbia River treaty tribes).

Concepts in Land Use: A Historical Perspective on S'olh Temexw
(Brian Thom, Stó:lo Curriculum Consortium, 1996).

Fall Chinook Spawned at Three Mile Facility
(Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 1996).

Hanford Department of Energy, Indian Nations Program
The DOE is responsible for the cleanup of the Hanford nuclear site in southeastern Washington state. Four tribes have cultural or treaty rights to the lands of Hanford, including the Nez Perce, the Umatilla, Yakima and Wanapum. This site describes the working relationships between Native Americans and the DOE. Some information about the environmental offices of these nations. (1997).

Long Ride Home: After 120 Years, the Nez Perce Return to the Land of Chief Joseph
A land trust helps the Nez Perce recover alienated land. (Vicki Monks, Land & People. The Trust for Public Land, 1997).

Salmon and Aboriginal Fishing on the Lower Fraser
(Vince Harper, Stó:lo Curriculum Consortium, 1996).

Salmon Migration and the Dams on the Mainstem Columbia and Snake Rivers
(Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 1996).

Stó:lo Culture—Ideas of Prehistory and Changing Cultural Relationships to the Land and Environment
(Brian Thom, Stó:lo Curriculum Consortium, 1996).

Stó:lo Food Preservation and Preparation: Contemporary and Traditional Practices
(Brian Thom, Stó:lo Curriculum Consortium, 1996).

The Draining of Sumas Lake: Triumph or Tragedy?
(Laura Cameron, Stó:lo Curriculum Consortium, 1995).

The Place of Falling Waters
A video about the Kerr Dam and its impact on the Flathead Indian Reservation. (Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith, Video (VHS, ¾"), 90 min. Native Voices Public Television Workshop, 1991).

Water Conflict Resolved Cooperatively: The Umatilla Basin Project
(Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, 1996).

Yakima Indian Nation, Natural Resources
A page on natural resource industries from the Economic Development Office of the Yakima Indian Nation.