Connecting people to the history, living cultures, and ecology of river sites the system through Indigenous voices.

Dedication ceremony at Chief Timothy Park in 2015 with Nez Perce Tribal members.

The Hanford Reach A 51 mile free-flowing stretch of the From Highway 12 in Pasco, WA, follow Sacajawea Columbia River Park Rd to the park entrance. The Confluence Story Circles are in the treed area where the two Chinook Indian Nation rivers meet. members, including Vice Chair Sam Robinson, host Confluence in a ceremony Confluence of the Columbia and in Bay Center, WA. Snake Rivers Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Vancouver Land Bridge Nez Perce Tribe, The Wanapum There are two entrances to the Land Bridge in Vancouver, WA. South: On Highway 14, take Exit 1. Turn right/west on SE Columbia Story Circles at Way to Old Apple Tree Park. Walk under the overpass to the Welcome The famous petroglyph She Who Sacajawea State Park Gate. North: Head to Ft. Vancouver via Mill Plain Blvd. Turn south at Watches or “Tsagaglala” still stands Pasco, WA Ft. Vancouver Way. Through the roundabout, turn left on East 5th in her place over the Gorge. Tours Listening Circle at available only with park rangers Street and look for the path on the right to the Land Bridge. or Tribal members. Chief Timothy Park Clarkston, WA The Portland Basin Art Installations at Made up of foothills, Confluence of the Snake and Cape Disappointment prairies, and waterways Clearwater Rivers State Park Nez Perce Tribe Ilwaco, WA Confluence of the Columbia River COLUMBIA RIVER and Klickitat Trail Chief Timothy Park Mouth of the Columbia Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Confederated Chief Timothy Park is an island River at the Pacific Ocean Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Cascade Rapids just off Highway 12, 9 miles Hells Canyon Chinook Indian Nation Chinook Indian Nation Inundated in 1938 by the west of Clarkston, WA. After The deepest gorge in Bonneville Dam Carved by the passing through the park North America at The Pacific Coast Vancouver Land Bridge rushing through as much as 400 entrance, drive to the T and 7,993 feet Made up of sandy plains and Vancouver, WA million cubic feet per second turn left. The trail to the forested mountain ranges Confluence Listening Circle begins at the north end of the Cape Disappointment State Park farthest parking lot. Follow Highway 101 north through Ilwaco, WA to Cape Disappointment State Park. At the crossroads, turn right to Waikiki Beach or left Celilo Park to Baker Bay. Discover Pass required. near The Dalles, OR Bird Blind at the Near The Dalles on the Sandy River Delta Columbia River Troutdale, OR A Confluence Yakama Nation, Confederated field trip at the Tribes of Warm Springs, Celilo Confluence of the Sandy River Delta, Village, Confederated Tribes of Columbia and Sandy Rivers with educator the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Confederated Tribes of Warm Greg Archuleta Nez Perce Tribe Springs, Confederated Tribes of (Grand Ronde). the Grande Ronde Submerged in 1957 by The Dalles Dam The Columbia Gorge Up to 4,000 ft. deep and made up of cliffs, plateaus, and forests Celilo Park (future artwork planned) Celilo Park is located on the Columbia River, just north of I-84 off Exit 97, near The Dalles, OR. Turn Sandy River Delta north off the exit and cross the railroad tracks. The The Sandy River Delta is just north of I-84 off proposed Confluence Project here will be located Exit 18, in Oregon. Driving east, exit the freeway at the west end of the park. and turn right at the T, go under the overpass and enter the park at the sign. If you’re driving west on I-84, take Exit 18 and take an immediate right. Dancers at the Warm At the parking lot, look for the gravel path marked Springs Pi-Ume-Sha Treaty “Confluence.” Follow the path for 1.2 miles to Days Pow Wow Celebration. reach the Bird Blind. Linda Meanus, a Confluence educator, is on the far left.

Jefferson Greene (Warm Springs) teaches a Confluence in the Classroom program in White Salmon, WA.

Driving Directions: MILES Digital Map links available at 0 10 20 30 40 50 confluenceproject.org/river-sites Plan Your Visit Cape Disappointment State Park Vancouver Land Bridge Sandy River Delta river sites

Confluence River Sites were chosen for their historic “Having an intimate connection to your place, I think really changes how you feel about it. And we’re compelled to Long before the Hudson’s Bay Company founded Ft. Vancouver, “Stories don’t only come from people, the landscape is and cultural significance to the Indigenous peoples have people understanding it in that way … because we really do believe they’re going to treat it differently.” the prairie where the Klickitat Trail meets the Columbia River always talking to us.” –Robin Dobson, Retired US Forest of the Columbia River system. –Tony Johnson, Chairman Chinook Indian Nation was a center of trade among Indigenous peoples. Service Ecologist

Confluence is yours. At this site, Lewis and Clark came to the place they were Baker Bay For generations, Native American cultures lived and The confluence of what we now call the Columbia and Confluence project sites span 438 miles of river in looking for: the point where the Columbia River meets the Visit the site today to find a restored native landscape that traded at this site along the Columbia River. Lewis and Sandy Rivers is traditional hunting and fishing grounds for Oregon and Washington. Find your “confluence majestic Pacific Ocean. Their journey’s endpoint is where integrates Maya Lin’s artwork with the site’s shifting Clark camped here. Later, the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Ft. the Native peoples of this region. Today, the Sandy River moment,” where art has a unique power to connect you Confluence’s work began, with installations that draw cultural and ecological history. Run your hands along the Vancouver became the first European trading post in the Delta is undergoing a dramatic restoration, led by the US to the intersection of the history, living cultures and together the site’s bay side and oceanfront in a single, surface of a fish-cleaning table formed from a single block . Forest Service, to revive important riparian and wetland ecology of this land. steadily unfolding experience that interweaves the stories of native basalt and inscribed with a Chinookan creation habitats for fish, birds and animals. The living ancestors of of the Corps of Discovery expedition and the Chinook story. At estuary overlook, read excerpts from Lewis and The Confluence Land Bridge is a 40-foot wide earth-covered the peoples indigenous to this area continue to maintain a people. Dedicated May 2006 Clark’s journals to see this place as they saw it. pedestrian path that arcs over State Route 14. It features connection to this place. The Confluence Bird Blind, at the indigenous plants and a Welcome Gate designed by Native end of the 1.2 mile Confluence Trail, lists the bird, animals, Waikiki Beach American artist Lillian Pitt. Two cedar canoe paddles are and fish documented by Lewis and Clark, along with the Along oceanfront dunes, follow a path of crushed oyster adorned with a cast-glass sculpture of a Chinook woman’s environmental status of those species today. Stroll up a shells inland from the coastal forest, and read the text of a face, evoke the site’s role as a historic Tribal crossroads as gently curving 150-foot ramp to the bird blind, constructed Chinook song of praise in the pathway. Encounter a group well as a point of contact between European and Native of sustainably harvested, durable black locust wood. of five cedar driftwood columns surrounding a cedar tree peoples. Dedicated August 2008 Dedicated August 2008 trunk that existed before Lewis and Clark arrived.

Welcome Gate, Vancouver Land Bridge

Confluence artworks invite you to reimagine our shared environment as it once was and what it could be. The Lewis and Clark journals are a snapshot in recorded time more than two centuries ago to give us perspective 1–Fish Cleaning Table to look two centuries forward to envision a better future Cut from a single polished block of native basalt, this for the Columbia River system. artistic fish-cleaning table is inscribed with a Chinook origin story about the interdependence of the Chinook people For generations, our region's origin story has been and Columbia River salmon. essentially "Lewis and Clark ‘discovered’ this place and the pioneers settled it." Our mission compels us to 2–Overlook 1—Welcome Gate 1—Bird Blind replace this tragically oversimplified story with a more 1–Cedar Circle A simple, curved viewing platform offers an unobstructed The Welcome Gate by artist Lillian Pitt greets visitors, A 1.2-mile trail, built primarily by volunteers, leads from the holistic and inclusive view of history that includes the In a secluded grove, cedar driftwood columns surround a view of Baker Bay and its surroundings. Text from the representing the way Chinook people would welcome parking lot to Maya Lin’s elliptical bird blind. The wood long-neglected voices of Indigenous cultures that still cedar tree trunk that predates Lewis and Clark’s arrival. Lewis and Clark journals etched into the platform evokes someone arriving by canoe. used to build the bird blind comes from the black locust call this place home. the scene and moment they finally arrived here. tree, a long-lasting, sustainable hardwood that is considered 2–Amphitheater and Walkway 2—Overlooks invasive in the Northwest. Confluence formed in 2002 as a response to the Lewis From this natural amphitheater, a path of crushed oyster Three overlooks on the bridge mark the River, Prairie and and Clark Bicentennial as an opportunity to elevate shells leads you from the coastal forest environment Village. Spirit Baskets by Lillian Pitt, feature figures inspired Native American perspectives in our collective under- through dune grasses to a secluded grove. As you walk, by Columbia River petroglyphs. standing of our shared homeland. Confluence helps read the lyrics of a Chinook praise song that was recited at share the stories about the people who have lived here this site on November 18, 2005, the 200th anniversary of 3—Ethnobotanical Walkway since time immemorial and the ecological and cultural Lewis and Clark’s arrival. Native plant species from prairie, forest and wetland transformation that happened in the two centuries since habitats are now showcased along the Land Bridge Lewis and Clark’s visit. 3–Boardwalk walkway, identified by a series of interpretive panels. Retrace the final steps of Lewis and Clark’s 4,133-mile Today, Confluence is a community-supported nonprofit journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Read text from with the mission to connect people to the history, living the journals documenting the many Indigenous homelands cultures and ecology of the Columbia River system they passed through to reach this place. through Indigenous voices. We work through six art landscapes, educational programs, community gather- ings, and our online digital library in collaboration with Tribes, communities and the celebrated artist Maya Lin. Listening Circle, Chief Timothy Park As you plan your visit, always feel free to contact us for advice and guidance at 360-693-0123 or [email protected]. Celilo Park Sacajawea State Park Chief Timothy Park

“We have to acknowledge the loss of this amazing place but “We found about 2 hundred or upwards camped on the point “It is beautiful to think about seven generations in the past and we also need to reveal what’s still below the water. We have to between the two rivers. A very pleasant place, ceremonially.” seven generations yet to come. That is what we live for, that use the past to shape a different future.” –Maya Lin –Joseph Whitehouse, October 18, 1805 there will be something we can pass on to our children.” –Anthony Johnson (Nez Perce)

For generations, Celilo Falls was a center of culture and Long before Lewis and Clark first passed this spot on Here, near the confluence of the Snake and Alpowa Creek, commerce in the Northwest, the oldest continuously October 16, 1805, this was a significant and well-established Nez Perce people lived and fished long before Lewis and “In the 200 years since Lewis and Clark ... inhabited place in the region. It was also one of the most gathering place for Native people. Maya Lin designed seven Clark arrived in 1805. Today, the Listening Circle honors productive fisheries in North America. The roar of the falls basalt story circles that explore the Native cultures, language, Indigenous traditions in a landscape that today remains What happened to the Tribes? What happened could be heard for miles. On March 10, 1957, that roar fell flora and fauna, geology, and natural history of the site. similar to what the explorers described in their journals. to the country? In seven generations, this is silent when gates of The Dalles Dam closed. Celilo Falls As you pass from one story circle to the next, consider how Dedicated May 2015 where we are today. What are the next seven was flooded in a matter of hours. The Confluence project the confluence of not only the Snake and Columbia rivers but by Maya Lin proposed for Celilo Park is designed to also the cultures, communities, and environmental forces generations going to be?” educate people about Celilo Falls and honor the people have shaped and continue to affect the land around you. —Antone Minthorn, Confluence founding board chair and former who have lived and fished on this river for generations Dedicated August 2010 chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and will continue to for generations to come. www.confluenceproject.org Celilo History The Celilo Falls were submerged in 1957 with the construction of The Dalles Dam, which disregarded long-standing fishing rights for members of the Yakama Nation, Confederated In the Community Online Digital Library Tribes of Warm Springs, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Nez Perce Tribe. The flooding Confluence in the Community is a series of public Confluence’s digital library of interviews, documentaries, of Celilo Falls was an enormous and historic tragedy for the gatherings designed to elevate Indigenous voices in articles, and photo galleries are educational resources Tribes whose members lived and our collective understanding of the Columbia River for students, teachers, and anyone who is curious to fished at Celilo, and for the fishery resource and environment system. Volunteer work parties connect people to the learn more about the Columbia River system. Find of the Columbia River. land as they help conserve our art landscapes for cultural context and directions for the Confluence river 1—Listening Circle Celilo Arc and Educational Pavilion future generations. sites by Maya Lin. The Listening Circle is a basalt amphitheater inspired by the Maya Lin’s design for the Celilo Arc is a 500-foot elevated Nez Perce blessing ceremony that took place here in 2005 Learn more at www.confluenceproject.org walkway inspired by the Indigenous fishing platforms that where the women faced north, the men faced south, the still populate the shores of the Columbia River system. 1—Story Circles elders faced east, and no one passed behind them. From In the Schools When it is completed, an elliptical pavilion and plaza will be Maya Lin’s artwork at Sacajawea State Park tells the tales of above, the arced basalt seating resembles ripples an education center for visitors to learn more about the Confluence in the Classroom and Confluence Outdoors people, place and the connection between them in text of water. history, living cultures, and ecology of this historically and connect students and teachers with Indigenous artists etched into seven circles, some raised above and some culturally significant place. and culture bearers from Columbia River Tribes to learn lowered into the ground. The information in the story circles lessons in art, history, culture, and the environment. comes from tribal stories, Lewis and Clark’s journals, Yakama

Professional development workshops help educators elder and Sahaptin speaker Virginia Beavert, Ph.D., and the bring an inclusive understanding of our land and natural history of this site, which has been a gathering place This map is printed on Polyart® recyclable synthetic paper, it is water and people to their teaching. for Native people since time immemorial. tear resistant for durability and ease of use in all conditions.