"On June 14, 1937, The Centralia Daily Chronicle reported the Cowlitz Tribe held their annual meeting at the Moose Hall in Chehalis, with part of their time spent electing a new president. J.B. Sareault, president, had died last winter, and his son James E. Sareault was elected president. Others elected were Lewis Castama, Silver Creek, vice president, and Mrs. Margaret Ray, Oakville, secretary-treasurer.

“Before the white man came to the northwest, the Cowlitz tribe had as their territory over 4,000 square miles which comprised land west of the Cascade mountains, north of the Columbia river, south of Puget Sound and east of the coast range,” the newspaper wrote."

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From the Files: Cowlitz Elects New President in 1937 (The Centralia Chronicle 6/14)

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