The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., June 11, 1926, page 4

BURIAL GROUNDS FOR THE INDIANS

     Memaloose island in the Columbia would be set aside for the use of Yakima Indians and confederated tribes as a burial ground under a bill passed this week by the senate. The measure will go to the house. This action has been discussed for years, but few knew is has gotten this far.
     The Indians in the upper valley have never expressed much interest in the matter, but there are between 300 and 500 living along the river from White Salmon northward who have been greatly interested in the plan.
     Memaloose island, or the Island of the Dead, is located in the vicinity of Fallbridge. It has been the burial ground of the nation for many years, and this bill has been pushed to assure the Indians that it would not pass into other hands.

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