Indian New Deal, Tribal Termination, and Urban Relocation 1934-1967

1947

Salmon sites and traditional lands are destroyed by dams

Grand Coulee Dam. Image: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Coulee Dam. Image: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Dams on the Columbia, Snake, and Missouri Rivers wipe out salmon fishing sites and flood lands on Fort Berthold, Standing Rock, Yankton, and Cheyenne River reservations, destroying over a quarter of the richest bottomlands.

Traumatic Event