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Archive Home > 2001 > May > 19 > Burns tribe could receive surplus salmon

Burns tribe could receive surplus salmon

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
May 19, 2001

SALEM " Before the dams were built on the Columbia and Snake rivers, the women of the Paiute tribe would wade into the Malheur River to catch salmon in handwoven baskets.

Today, all that remains of those days are the stories handed down from the few remaining elders who can remember when....

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