Clark College presents Cowlitz Spiritual Leader Tanna Engdahl

Clark College presents Tanna Engdahl, spiritual leader of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, with a free public presentation, “The Ever Evolution of the Mysterious Cowlitz” from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Gaiser Student Center on Clark’s main campus at 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Multi-lingual Cowlitz strongholds dotted Southwest Washington rivers. Driven to near-extinction, the people survived the brutality of disease and displacement. Their endurance and restless energy are infused in their emergence as an economic driver in multiple counties. Education, economies and culture were the faith-based foundation upon which the Cowlitz re-built a modern tribe, never forgetting that the endless force of their ancestors is built into the earth upon which they reside.