NEIL ELIASON won the fourth Great Chief award from the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce in 1975. Here he proudly displays the Geri Wood oil painting named “Little Chief” that he was honored with. (Inter Lake file photo/Sarah Taylor)
April 24, 2017
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