Stevens County was first inhabited by a Paleo-Indian culture that
occupied Kettle Falls along the Columbia River for 9,000 years. A
gathering place for several Salish Indian tribes, the area called
Shonitkwu, meaning "Falls of Boiling Baskets," was an abundant
resource for fishing--specifically salmon. Traveling downriver from
Kettle Falls to the trading post Spokane House in 1811, Canadian
fur trapper David Thompson described the village as "built of long
sheds of 20 feet in breadth" and noted the tribe's ceremonial
dances worshiping the arrival of salmon. In 1829, Fort Colville was
producing large amounts of food from local crops. And in 1934, work
began on the Columbia Dam to generate a much-needed power source
for irrigation from the Columbia River. Upon its completion in
1940, the native tribes gathered one last time, not to celebrate
the return of the salmon but for a "ceremony of tears" on the
salmon's departure.
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