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WILLAMETTE FALLS
FESTIVAL
October 2, 2013
By SIOBHAN TAYLOR
The Willamette Falls were created in
the myth age by Coyote who sought to
create a perfect fish trap. It was so suc-
cessful that he was forced to destroy it,
making it necessary to fish with nets by
the people that lived there.
The Falls are an integral part of the iden-
tity of the Confederated Tribes of Grand
Ronde people. The Clow-we-wal-la and
Clackamas people who lived in the villages
around the Falls lived their lives fishing and
hunting the local area, as well as trading
with Tribes and Bands that came to visit,
trade and ask permission to fish.
Neighboring Molalla and Kalapuya regu-
larly sought to intermarry with the Clow-we-
wal-la and Clackamas to ensure access to the
abundant salmon and eels that the Falls
brought. The area around the Falls had a
large number of villages and even after trea-
ties were signed, people would obtain passes
to leave the Grand Ronde Reservation and
set up fishing camp at the Falls.
One Tribal Elder, Maryanne Michelle, de-
scribed it in a personal letter to her brother
Frederick Hofer dated Feb. 11, 1929:
The Indian agent gave Oregon City John
Chief the right to go and fish every fishing
season long as he was alive in those two plac-
es, Oregon City and Cascade, and he did ever
since I could remember [living] in Oregon
City. After I was school age, they put me here
in Grand Ronde boarding school, and every
fishing season they would go to Oregon City.
Grandfather (Chief John) always went to
Cascade to fish and [left] Uncle Joe (Joe Ap-
person, his son) to fish in Oregon City. I re-
member the houses they lived in before the
Treaty was made, because they went back
their every year at fishing season...”
For the people of Grand Ronde, Willamette
Falls remains an important part of our ances-
tral culture and homelands. It was a place
where our ancestors lived and celebrated, and
even still frequent today, and it deserves to be
celebrated as an important place in Oregon
culture as well.
Grand Ronde Tribal members will perform
cultural demonstrations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 5, at Clackamette Park. Demon-
strations will feature the Tribe’s history,
drumming and singing, beading, hands-on ac-
tivities for children, flint-knapping and more.
Willamette Falls
PHOTO BY: RON KARTEN/COURTESY OF SMOKE SIGNALS
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Elder Debi Anderson talks about Grand Ronde Tribal history with
a visitor to the encampment at Clackamette Park in Oregon City on Oct. 13, 2012.
Chinook Name:
ikHishachk
Chinook Wawa Name:
T mwata
Clow-we-wal-la Name:
Kwgchyawhesuschk
Tualatin Kalapuya Name:
Chatuulik
Molalla Name:
chakAawa
