Gathering at the Ceremony of Tears

ID: 4949 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
This file appears in: The Ceremony of Tears

Members of tribes that gathered at Kettle Falls for the Ceremony of Tears.

This file appears in: The Ceremony of Tears

By Tara Justine
For centuries, Kettle Falls was a fishing spot and a gathering place. When Grand Coulee Dam began construction in 1933, thousands of years of history and tradition suddenly changed. By 1940, the waters of Lake Roosevelt began to rise, slowly…