Photographic sequel to Reports on Prescribed Buring on the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, During 1943 and 1944 / by Harold Weaver. [ca. 1968]

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Photographic sequel to Reports on Prescribed Buring on the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, During 1943 and 1944 / by Harold Weaver. [ca. 1968]

"These photos further illustrate results of prescribed buring on the Colville Reservation. All of the most recent were taken during May 2-4, 1967, and they include several from stations on Omak Lake Ridge from which a series of photos had previously been taken to illustrated changing conditions over the years" -- p. [1].

[19] leaves, [16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.

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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...