![Jessie Wardarski FILE - Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/60b32645d2a248f29314c4575bdb0f77/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Water spills over the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, which runs along the Washington and Oregon state line, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)
![Nicholas K. Geranios FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b69ef7592e5144eaafba3c0937483e60/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)
![Gillian Flaccus FILE - A water tanker truck holding hundreds of baby coho salmon arrives at the Lostine River in Wallowa County, Ore., March 9, 2017, after a 300-mile journey from a hatchery, and prepares to release the fish into the water. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6d8c4ea5453e4426a56159995c523806/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A water tanker truck holding hundreds of baby coho salmon arrives at the Lostine River in Wallowa County, Ore., March 9, 2017, after a 300-mile journey from a hatchery, and prepares to release the fish into the water. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
![Jackie Johnson FILE - This photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash, Oct. 24, 2006. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b062225d726d494aa0bc22186e855b9e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - This photo shows the Ice Harbor dam on the Snake River in Pasco, Wash, Oct. 24, 2006. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Jackie Johnston, File)
![Gillian Flaccus FILE - Hundreds of juvenile coho salmon are released into the Lostine River from a water tanker truck, March 9, 2017, in Lostine, Ore. The Nez Perce tribe and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife worked together to restore juvenile coho salmon to the Snake River Basin. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9e57b45f420c4507ba3d3cff86e125f1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Hundreds of juvenile coho salmon are released into the Lostine River from a water tanker truck, March 9, 2017, in Lostine, Ore. The Nez Perce tribe and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife worked together to restore juvenile coho salmon to the Snake River Basin. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)
![Ted S. Warren FILE - The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River is seen from the air near Colfax, Washington, May 15, 2019. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7f0ac017c3ec4abe908b7de0d7492366/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - The Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River is seen from the air near Colfax, Washington, May 15, 2019. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
![Nicholas K. Geranios FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/49f7f1bbb79548b58d1beecbee70c863/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Water moves through a spillway of the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River near Almota, Wash., April 11, 2018. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios, File)
![Jessie Wardarski FILE - Travelers and locals cast fishing lines from the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Bonneville, Ore. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/794314db732f4f68957f84debf8e6706/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Travelers and locals cast fishing lines from the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Bonneville, Ore. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File)
![Gillian Flaccus FILE - JoDe Goudy, chairman of the Yakama Nation, speaks with the Columbia River in the background near The Dalles, Oregon, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, where Celilo Falls, an ancient salmon fishing site was destroyed by the construction of the Dalles Dam in the 1950s. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7620c91342fe481ba493ad1f27fd42ec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - JoDe Goudy, chairman of the Yakama Nation, speaks with the Columbia River in the background near The Dalles, Oregon, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, where Celilo Falls, an ancient salmon fishing site was destroyed by the construction of the Dalles Dam in the 1950s. The U.S. government on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes, issuing a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, and continue to severely curtail the tribes' ability to exercise their treaty fishing rights. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)