48. Chief Spokane Garry

In the early years of the 19th century, the Native tribes of the Inland Pacific Northwest experience a widespread spiritual awakening, triggered largely by the remarkable chief of the Middle Spokane Tribe, Spokane Garry. Born Slough-Keetcha in 1811, Garry spent four years at the Red River Mission in Canada, an Anglican mission school, and then returned to his homeland to become the recognized Christian leader of the entire region, teaching, preaching, and encouraging his native people to embrace what he called the 'white man's book of the Great Spirit,' the Bible, in which he had been instructed, and in which he trusted throughout his quite impressive career. This lecture summarizes the education Garry received at Red River and the beginnings of his remarkable history as a Christian leader and Chief of the Middle Spokane Tribe.