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Article: Significant events in the history of Celilo Falls.
- Article from:
- Oregon Historical Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2007
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25 million to 12 million years B.C.E. [Before the Common Era]: Massive lava flows create basalt formations of the Columbia Plateau.
16,000 to 12,000 B.C.E.: "Missoula floods" form distinctive channels and scablands of The Dalles-Celilo reach.
9300 to 8200 B.C.E.: Native people were harvesting salmon from the Columbia River at least as early as this time. *
7,300 B.C.E.: Tiicaminsh Uytpama Natitayt, also known as "the Ancient One" and "Kennewick Man," dies along the banks of the Columbia River.
1700 ca.: "Tsagiglalal" (She Who Watches) and other Columbia River rock art created.
1730 ca.: Cayuse ...