Confluence Library

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: Of Course We Wouldn’t Leave

Tanna Engdahl talks about the Cowlitz spiritual connection and the determination not to leave their homeland.

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: We Are a Mobile People

Tanna Engdahl talks about the Cowlitz were in constant movement and used canoes and the rivers to travel.

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: “We Absolutely Fell in Love” with the Horse

Tanna Engdahl discusses the Cowlitz connection to horses.

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: “We Accepted the Challenge.”

Tanna Engdahl talks about working with what the Creator gave the Cowlitz and the art of weaving and canoe making.

 

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: Planning for Future Generations

Tanna Engdahl about harvesting and not taking too much, in preparation for future generations.

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: A Salvation Fish, Smelt

Tanna Engdahl talks about the importance of smelt.

Interview Collection

Bobbie Conner: Water was so Low, You Could Walk on the Backs of Fish

Roberta Conner describes winter villages and tributaries, communal knowledge, and the time of low water.

Interview Collection

Bill Yallup Jr: Salmon “Show You What It Means to Keep Your Word”

In this excerpt, Bill Yallup describes talks about Spilyay (Coyote) and agreements between humans and salmon.

Interview Collection

Tanna Engdahl: “We Were Excellent Land Managers”

Tanna Enghdal (Cowlitz) speaks about tribal land management.

Interview Collection

Louie Pitt: Last Moments of a Salmon, to “Protect Her Future”

Louie Pitt (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) talks about seeing a female salmon die.