By Bobbie Conner

Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

In January of 2003 the country will begin commemorating the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Tourism preparations are being made, events and activities planned by individuals and organizations from Virginia to the Pacific. In October 1805, as the Expedition maneuvered down the Snake, they entered CTUIR homelands. The following is adapted from an article that appeared in AASLH History News, Spring 2001...

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