| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 34.3

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Book Review

Coquelle Thompson, Athabaskan Witness: A Cultural Biography. By Lionel Youst and William R. Seaburg. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xxvii + 322 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.)

Coquelle Thompson is an excellent choice for a "cultural biography": Coquille and Siletz tribal members remember him with admiration and respect both for his personal attributes and his preservation of traditions. Scholars of the Native culture and history of southwest Oregon owe him a tremendous debt for his consultations with six anthropologists between 1884 and 1942, an endeavor that produced some of the richest details about Athapaskan life and language in the region. Born in the 1840s, Thompson lived through the principal events of his peoples' colonial history: war in 1856, removal, confinement, allotment, and the New Deal. Because his life spanned these events, Thompson has occupied the position of "cultural representative" for scholars; but in this book, the authors attempt to restore his identity as a unique and beloved individual.

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