Cushing Eells News Today

Some Native populations were more receptive to missions than others, but generally speaking, conversion didnt follow.

It has been recorded that between 15 and 20 Native children came to the mission to attend school, mainly in the winter months.

Boarding schools for Native American children in the Pacific Northwest operated under deplorable conditions with long-lasting effects for children who survived.

The project, called Dialogue in Place, will evaluate each monument individually for historical accuracy and inclusion of tribal perspectives, as well as their physical condition.

The project, called Dialogue in Place, will evaluate each monument individually for historical accuracy and inclusion of tribal perspectives, as well as their physical condition.

<p>"The history we learned was a lie, and it was a deliberate lie, one that had been debunked in 1900 by scholars at Yale and in Chicago. But the people of the Pacific Northwest, despite all evidence to the contrary, had clung to a story that was baloney. That's what hooked me."</p>

COLFAX — Colfax Mayor James Retzer was a busy man Saturday, presiding over multiple events during a daylong celebration of the community’s 150th anniversary.

Molly Keogh, the director of the Colfax Chamber of Commerce, stand in front of The Lippitt Fountain at Cushing Eells Park in Colfax. The chamber recently received two $1,000 grants