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Cheholtz and Mary
Kiona of the Cowlitz
Roy I. Wilson
The story of Chief Cheholtz and Mary Kiona
of the Cowlitz represents the bringing together of 175 of the history of
the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. This book describes the transition of the
Cowlitz Tribe from traditional aboriginal times to the current cultural
experience. This story takes you on a journey from what it was like
to live as a child in the pre-white contact native world, through the
early experiences with fur trappers, missionaries and settlers, and into
the twentieth century tribal relationships with the federal
government.
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 Roy I. Wilson, an enrolled member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. currently serves as chairman of the Tribal Council, and as the tribe's traditional spiritual leader. He has been the tribe's storyteller at tribal meetings for many years. He has edited this collection of Cowlitz Tribal legends as requested by the Tribal
Council.
 Available
at the Museum Store $14.95
ISBN 0-7880-2003-X
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