Title: Being Cowlitz : how one tribe renewed and sustained its identity /
Authors: Dupres, Christine.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Cowlitz Indians History.; Cowlitz Indians Ethnic identity.; Cowlitz Indians Social life and customs.; Cowlitz Indians Folklore.; Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington History.
Abstract: In "Being Cowlitz" what began as the author's search for her own history opened a window into the practices and narratives that sustained her tribe's identity even as its people were scattered over several states.
Contents: Cowlitz history -- Historical discourse and the use of landscape : genres of attachment -- The importance of leaders and legends -- The importance of personal history narrative -- The importance of personal history narrative in shaping oral history and myth.