A Painted Lantern Slide of Teepes at Indian Canyon in the early 1900s.
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Though Garry had died in 1983, this unique form of photographic evidence proves that Indian Canyon remained a home for displaced Indians many years later. Though they were no longer accepted among the white Spokanites of the city, Garry's efforts to make inroads with individuals among the community ensured that his people would still have a home within their ancestral lands for many years to come.
This file appears in: Chief Garry's Last Campsite
Chief Garry's Last Campsite
Spokane Garry, whose Spokane name was Sough-Keetcha, lived a long life. Born in 1811 at the confluence of the Spokane and Little Spokane Rivers, he was sent while still a boy to a missionary school at Red River. The idea is that he would be…