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CELILO VILLAGE, Ore. (AP) - Jay Minthorn remembers watching the Columbia River rise, the islands of Celilo Falls vanish, the fishing platforms wash away — and a centuries-old way of tribal life vanish forever.
The gates of The Dalles Dam had closed, and nothing would ever be the same.
"That was the hardest thing to do," says Minthorn, a member of the Umatilla Tribe who fished the falls as a young man. "To me it was one of the biggest funerals that I ever attended. People were up there mourning, crying, everything.
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