Katrine Barber
Katrine Barber is professor of history at Portland State University, where she specializes in the social and Indigenous histories of the American West and Pacific Northwest, with particular focus on the Columbia River. She has authored three books examining the region's history, including Death of Celilo Falls (2005), Nature’s Northwest: The North Pacific Slope in the Twentieth Century (2011, co-authored with William Robbins), In Defense of Wyam: Native-White Alliances and the Struggle for Celilo Village (2018), while actively engaging in public-facing collaborations with museums and community organizations. Her scholarship emphasizes community-based research and student collaboration, including projects with the Chinook Indian Nation and studies of residential segregation in Oregon, while her current research explores the intersection of New Thought spiritualism with American race, gender, and nationalism.
Author's Entries
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Celilo Falls
Celilo Falls (also known as Horseshoe Falls) was located on the mid-Columbia River about twelve miles east of The Dalles. It was part of an approximately nine-mile-long Indigenous fishery that included sites such as the Upper Dalles, the Lower Dalles, Three Mile Rapids, Five Mile Rapids, and Big …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Flora Cushinway Thompson (1898–1978)
Flora Cushinway Thompson (enrolled Warm Springs) was a spiritual and community leader who lived at Celilo Village on the mid-Columbia River. An accomplished speaker and advocate for Indigenous rights, she was a prominent and well-regarded leader in the Pacific Northwest who was familiar to both Native and non-Native …
Oregon Encyclopedia
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Gertrude Jensen (1903-1986)
Gertrude Glutsch Jensen was a civic leader in the protection of the Columbia River Gorge, from the 1940s until her death in 1986. She operated as a lobbyist at the state level and eventually on the national stage through her involvement in organizations such as the Portland Women’s Forum and …
Oregon Encyclopedia
