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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Site teaching Klallam tribe "who we were, who we are"

Lower Elwha Klallam tribal chairwoman Frances Charles, right, tells elders Bea Charles, left, and Adeline Smith that she is sorry they weren't consulted about the dry-dock project that unearthed an ancient tribal village. An era of forced assimilation created a gap in the tribe's own cultural knowledge.