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Hearing the thunder roll. (Letters to the Editor).

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| August 12, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2009 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Kudos to William Norman Grigg for his article about Chief Joseph ("Protector of the Nez Perce," July 15th issue). When I was teaching college in Omak, Washington, a few years ago, I visited Chief Joseph's grave. It's on a hill outside Nespelem, Washington. It was windy and stormy that day, and I was the only one in the cemetery. Chief Joseph's grave was covered with streamers, cassette tapes, and notes from admirers.

I was struck by the fact that many people, Native Americans and Whites, still revere the great chief and made the pilgrimage that I had made -- nearly a hundred years after his death -- to an obscure, very out-of-the-way place on the Colville reservation.…

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