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"Hope Through Caring"
Nespelem District Council Position #2
GROUNDED IN OUR
Culture and Traditions
 Rodney Cawston with Grandchildren Zaley Laramie and Gavin Marris at the salmon release San Poil and |  Rodney Cawston with Scott Abrahamson, Suicide Racer and Zaley Laramie |  Alvina and Rodney Cawston at the family camp Nespelem Celebration9 |
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 Rodney Cawston with Granddaughter Zaley Laramie, ice fishing at Owhi Lake |  Rodney Cawston and daughter Arielle with examples of his corn husk and cedar basket weaving |  Drying meat in a tipi with Gramma Alvina, granddaughter Zaley Laramie and Grandson Sebastian Booze w |
 Rodney Cawston peeling camas with daughter Arielle Cawston and neice Tia Cawston |  Rodney Cawston digging roots in historical homelands at Badger Mountain |  Rodney Cawston with Grand daughters Zaley Laramie and Jocey Booze, Nespelem Celebration |
 Rodney Cawston drying meat at family home in Nespelem |  Rodney and Colleen Cawston with Arielle Braxton and Jocey after Sunday Services |
Language and Traditional Lessons are very important to me and my family.
During my career the greatest experience that I had was having the opportunity to work with fluent speakers of all three of our languages. I really miss those days and all of the Elders that I had the greatest respect for. I learned so much from each of them. One of these Elders told me to never forget where I came from, no matter where I travel or work.
2002 COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD HONOREE
Beadwork, Weaving
-First Peoples Fund
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This is a picture of my granddaughter Zaley with various contemporary and traditional baskets I've created.
1 of 8 Board Member's for
Advising the Story/Design of
"Meet Kaya, American Girl"
Kaya is a Native American girl of the Nimíipuu/Nez Perce Tribe.
Her stories are set prior to permanent settlement of the area by white European-Americans. The stories are post-European contact, as evidenced by the fact the tribe caretakes for horses and her grandmother has pock-marks from prior contact that has led to disease spread.
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