RECORD
The Lewis & Clark Rediscovery Project: Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians)
- Title:
- The Lewis & Clark Rediscovery Project: Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians)
- Creator:
- Frey, Rodney and Coeur d'Alene elders and consultants
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 2002
- Description:
- We are Schitsu'umsh - Coeur d'Alene Indians. From our perspective what does it mean today to be a Schitsu'umsh, or, as we are also known, a Coeur d'Alene Indian? This is the overriding question addressed in this module. To help you answer this question, the continuing cultural vitality of our people, from the time of Lewis and Clark to the present, will be considered. May 6th, 1806 was a most momentous day for us, the Schitsu'umsh. It was on that day that William Clark wrote in his journal and provided the first suyepmsh (white men) descriptions of a people he called, "Skeets-so-mish" and of a lake he named, "Waytom Lake" (later renamed Lake Coeur d'Alene). With the penning of those words the world of the Schitsu'umsh was "discovered" and would soon collide with that of the suyepmsh and be forever changed. Since time immemorial the Lake Coeur d’Alene has been the spiritual and cultural anchoring for the Schitsu'umsh. Following in the wake of the Corps of Discovery, the lake and our people would face a steady stream of challenges, from the introduction of deadly diseases, to the arrival of Jesuit missionaries, then from the military generals and treaty commissioners, followed by river and lake pollution from mining contamination, and the onslaught continues. But as you will see and hear in this module, the story of the Schitsu'umsh is one of resilience and resurgence in the face of adversity. The kinship ties among our families and with the lake and rivers continue to be strong. Of special note in this module will be the wealth of oral traditions shared with you by our elders - the stories of our creation and the songs we sing. In so doing you will glimpse into the very special relationship we, the Schitsu'umsh people, have with Lake Coeur d'Alene and its interconnected rivers and mountains. Also of importance in this module is consideration of our Schitsu'umsh epistemology, what we call "heart knowledge." Understanding how we come to "know" and "relate to" our world is a key to understanding what it means to be Schitsu'umsh and an Indian. Contibutors: Aripa, Felix; Allen, Dianne; Fast Horse, Valerie; Juneau, Roberta; Hale, Jennifer; Hartman, John; Louie, Norma Jean; Matheson, Donna; Matheson, Caj; Matheson, Kim; Matheson, Quanah; Gatzke, Jennifer; Johnston, Heather; Elders of the Coeur D'Alene Tribe.
- Subjects:
- Coeur d'Alene Indians Coeur d'Alene Indians--History Ethnology
- Location:
- Lake Coeur d'Alene; Idaho
- Source:
- http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/L3/Sites/ShowOneSiteSiteID50.html
- Source Identifier:
- ds_CDA
- Type:
- InteractiveResources
- Format:
- application/http
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The Lewis & Clark Rediscovery Project: Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene Indians)", Institutional Repository Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/ir/items/ds_cda.html
Rights
- Rights:
- The Coeur d'Alene Tribal Council approved development of this module in CD'A Resolution 134 (2001), passed on April 12, 2001. A cultural property rights agreement was developed for this project. Much of the text content in this module is based upon research conducted as part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and approved for educational use in CdA Resolution 116-A (1998). Prior to its public release, all interviewees were asked to review, add to, and/or correct their interview comments. The entire module was reviewed for its accuracy and appropriateness by both the Schitsu'umsh - Lifelong Learning Online Project Committee (throughout the duration of the project) and the Coeur d'Alene Cultural Committee (on October 8 and November 19, 2002). In action taken in CdA Resolution 61 (2003), the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Council reviewed and approved the publication of the Schitsu'umsh (Coeur d'Alene) module (via the Internet and CD-ROM formats) on December 5, 2002. All information in this module, including interviews, maps, texts, and photographs, are the cultural property of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. See Cultural Property Agreement (http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/L3/ShowOneObjectSiteID50ObjectID712.html)
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/