The hat is the pavilion. The hat is the female headdress of the Interior Natives. The hat of coastal people is wider at the bottom says Chief Clarence Louie.
1940
â—¾Narcisse Batiste George (shown below right) is elected chief of the Inkameep Reserve. Narcisse dies in 1947.
â—¾Francis Baptiste (shown middle) is awarded the Bishop Johnson Gold Medal by the Catholic Women’s League for contribution to Canadian culture.
Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, historically called the Plateau Indians peoples of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada, and the non-coastal regions of the USA Pacific Northwest states.
Their territories are located in the inland portions of the basins of the Columbia and Fraser Rivers.
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