Confluence Library

Aurelia Stacona talks about her work in the church and in founding a 12 step program.

Aurelia Stacona talks about her love of beadwork and passing it on to her grandchildren.

Tanna Engdahl discusses the movements of the sky, origin stories, and how words passed on knowledge.

Tanna Engdahl talks about the loss due to disease and because of land grabs, and how the Cowlitz formed a core stronghold in response.

This video goes over how to navigate Confluence Library and how you can save items for your personal library.

Tony Johnson discusses the revitalization of canoe culture among the Chinook Nation and the importance of children being raised with that culture.

Tony Johnson talks about the philosophies of the longhouse and canoe culture.

Tony Johnson describes the experience of the Chinook receiving recognition in 2001 and having it revoked only eighteen months later.

Tony Johnson describes the difference between the Native and non-Native version of Chinook Wawa and the different languages Chinook Wawa is made up of.

Tony Johnson explains how the Chinook would not leave their homeland and how their treaty was never ratified.