I was born white. It’s my heritage. Yet I write main characters from another ethnicity––Native America. My grandmother always told us we were …
Colville Confederated Tribes
Swallowed by the Flood
My writing journey began in the late 1900s after taking a Longridge Writer’s online class for non-fiction. Native history swirled in my …
Mourning Dove: Legend and Legacy
Strong women have always influenced the history of the west. They had to in order to survive. Mourning Dove, an Arrow Lakes enrolled woman of the …
Salmon’s Trek to the Arrow Lake Natives
Legends are American Indians greatest teaching tool of life skills elders have for the younger generations. Most include Coyote, a …
Fire Danger Still in the Air
I went to retrieve my dad last Monday night. Nine days have passed and the area fires surround us. Smoke hovers, winds blow, people pack. Fires blaze …
Arrow Lakes Pow-Wow Royalty: Reigns and Recovery
The Pow-Wow grounds nestle at the base of Moon Mountain and their reflection mirrors Round Lake in my home town of Inchelium, WA on the Colville …
Speckled Fish People: Swallowed By The Flood
Harmony dominated the Sinixt or Arrow Lakes People of northeast Washington State until 1930. Talk of a great dam being erected at Grand Coulee, …
Speckled Fish People: Roots and Berries: Five Fascinating Facts
Roots and berries were a life force for the Sinixt or Arrow Lakes People of Northeast Washington State. The People were semi-nomadic and would travel …
