Finding Chief Kamiakin: The Life and Legacy of a Northwest Patriot

by Richard D. Scheuerman, Michael O. Finley, Michael O Finley

Born to T'siyiak, a champion horse racer and Com-mus-ni, the daughter of Chief Wiy?wiikt, Kamiakin helped relatives tend his family's rapidly expanding herds. He wintered in tule mat lodges in the Kittitas and Ahtanum valleys, shared in spring root gathering, went salmon fishing in the summer, and participated in fall hunting and berry picking.

The young Indian also learned ancestral traditions. Alone as an adolescent on the treacherous,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874222974
• ISBN13: 9780874222975
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.1" x 10.5"