Overview
Lesson 1: A Treaty is Supreme
Lesson 2: Shopping at Celilo
Lesson 3: Traditional Homelands, Traditional Foods
Lesson 4: How Salmon Teach Us History
Lesson 5: Defining What’s Important in Your Life
Standards
ECONOMICS
- SS.CM.EC.01—Understand how specialization and competition influence the allocation of resources.
- SS.CM.EC.03—Understand how consumer demand and market price directly impact one another
- SS.CM.EC.04—Evaluate different economic systems, comparing advantages and disadvantages of each.
- SS.CM.EC.05—Understand how government can affect the national economy through policy.
- SS.CM.EC.06—Understand how government can affect international trade through tariffs, quotas and trade agreements.
CD Segments to Play
For this topic, go to Historical Introduction (Arlie Neskahi), Artists Circle (where baskets for pounded salmon are used for trade), and Turtle Island Storytellers (toll bridge).
Background
See the tribal newspaper at http://www.wsnews.org/ for more background on current economic trends on the reservation.
Suggested Strategies
Activities
1. Discuss
- Find out why the Celilo Falls area could be described as the first supermall of the Northwest.
- Why was powdered salmon so valuable?
- How can we compare native baskets to today’s packaging for valuable products?
- How did Columbia River Indians regard coins provided by pioneers for services rendered?
- Would tolls charged by river tribes be comparable to toll bridges and roads today? Are these still viable ways to pay for services?
- Track economic benefits for tribal enterprises operated by the Confederation. How are profits distributed?
- In what ways are some of the present-day reservation enterprises comparable to traditional economic practices?
