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Tribal members helping study site

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2001

Members of the Spokane Tribe of Washington are helping excavate and study a site that will be disturbed by a construction project.

Along with the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, the Spokane Tribe considers Coyote's Rocks a sacred site. It was the location of a battle between Coyote and Bear, according to tribal history.

The site was used as a joint camping ground of two tribe and is at least 2,000 years old.

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River Story (The Spokesman Review 10/18)