![Amy Webster, left, the museum’s project director and collections manager, and Jordan Bush, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, who is studying Tribal Historic Preservation at Salish Kootenai College, said the museum helps educate tourists about the lives once led by indigenous peoples.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_190529992_EP_-1_EBEJKPODBKQC_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Amy Webster, left, the museums project director and collections manager, and Jordan Bush, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, who is studying Tribal Historic Preservation at Salish Kootenai College, said the museum helps educate tourists about the lives once led by indigenous peoples.
May 20, 2019
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Bud Cheff Jr.’s penchant for collecting artifacts began when he was a boy.