A tour of the old Indian camp grounds of Central Washington / by Harold Weaver, Forest Supervisor.

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A tour of the old Indian camp grounds of Central Washington / by Harold Weaver, Forest Supervisor.

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Chief Billy Curlew took a few people on a tour of the old Indian campgrounds in Central Washington. He wanted to tell them the Indian names and history of the area. For two days, they drove around the area and he narrated his remembrances and history.

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Nanamkin, Harry.

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Kolb, Audrey

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Curlew, Billy, Chief, b. ca. 1860.

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Weipa, Jake.

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Weaver, Harold A., 1953-....

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Chief Billy Curlew was elected the leader of the Moses Band of the Confederated Tribe of the Colville Indians in 1936. In 1946, he was the ranking chief the Tribe. In the late summer, he went to visit Harold Weaver, Forest Supervisor, at the Colville Indian Agency in Nespelem, WA. Through the interpreter Harry Nanamkin, Chief Curlew told him that before it was too late he wanted to show them the old camp grounds and tell them their Indian names and history. He hoped that original Indian names mi...

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Colville Agency

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