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# Peopling of the Columbia
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/episode/peopling-of-the-columbia-kdcrlr/
- Published: 2024-10-16T22:45:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-10T11:09:33.000Z
- Description: The discovery of bones in the Columbia River proved its connections to Indigenous people.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, Season 10, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_7b3afd95-26be-42fd-ba7f-98ae39143e0b, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.16

The discovery of bones in the Columbia offered proof of the river’s ancient connections to Indigenous people, trade, and the movement of people. People thrived with salmon, declined with disease and the river was a gateway to colonization from settlers and emigrants. It has been a true lifeline for millennia.