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 Chief Spokane Garry with horse in Peaceful Valley 1811-1892 The Native American leader, Chief Spokane Garry was born in 1811 in the Marian Indian village where the Little Spokane River emptied into the Spokane River. The son of Chief Ileeum Spokane of the Middle plains Spokane Indian Tribe. Growing up around the white traders who built their post near his tribe, Garry never feared the British or the Americans. Garry and two of his brothers were chosen to be taught at the Anglican Mission School in Winnipeg, Canada, by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1825. When he arrived there, custom dictated that he receive a new respected name. Spokane Garry was the chosen name which remained until his death in 1892. Upon returning to Spokane, he brought the teachings and religion of the white man. He had a great interest in the needs of his people and forging peace between them and the white settlers. He also married the daughter of another tribal chief whom he named Lucy. In 1888 white men took his land. After a long legal battle the property was awarded to the people who took the land from him with no compensation to him or his family. Even then Garry believed there was good in all men, and said "Inside us humans there is the same colored blood, so we should treat each other equally under this God of ours." Chief Spokane Garry died—homeless and penniless on January 14, 1892. | |
