As part of Indigenous Heritage Month, we invite you to join us on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the Magazine Reading Room in the
Longview Public Library for an evening with Cowlitz Elder, Tanna Engdahl as she discusses and presents a slideshow of the history of the Cowlitz.
Engdahl will share her perspective on Cowlitz cultural and preservation as well as tribal relations and participate in a discussion with staff and guests.
About Tanna Engdahl:Tanna Engdahl is an Elder and Spiritual Leader in the Cowlitz Tribe of Indians, State of Washington. In her early years, she served
as Vice-Chairman of her Tribe during a time she was also the first Native American television reporter in a major market, KIRO-TV in Seattle.
She left the newsroom to engage in a thirty-year career in public land agencies: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management and the National
Park Service. During that time, she was selected to a Federal Leadership Academy and spent many years in management positions.
In this role, she encouraged Federal sensitivity to tribal sacred sites and was in the forefront of a movement to establish Indian cultural committees within
Government. In retirement, she is a public speaker, serves on the Board of the Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, WSU Native American
Advisory Board and is engaged with Clark Community College as both an instructor and advisor. She is deeply involved in community activities and fulfills
tribal ceremonial duties as well as officiating at weddings and end-of-life celebrations. Learn more about Ms. Engdahl by going to:
https://www.confluenceproject.org/library-post/tanna-engdahl-preserving-culture/.
This presentation is funded by the Longview Public Library, Friends of the Longview Library, and the Longview Library Foundation. All events are free
and open to the public. For more information about this event and all the fall happenings at the Longview Public Library, please call 360.442.5300, go to
www.longviewlibrary.org, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LongviewPublicLibraryWA or follow us on Instagram
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