A 1960 Smithsonian publication documents Chief Comcomly — as famous as Sacagawea — with an elongated skull. His statue conveniently has a headdress hiding the skull shape 🤔
Key facts claimed:
- 1960 Smithsonian Institution publication titled 'The Chinook Sign of Freedom' documents Chief Comcomly's elongated skull
- Chief Comcomly was as famous as Sacagawea during Lewis and Clark era
- Comcomly had an elongated skull and practiced cranial modification on his own daughters
- Modern depictions of Comcomly hide his elongated skull - statue shows him wearing a headdress that obscures the skull shape
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[PDF] William Clark at 250lewisandclark.orgIt's a monument to both captains that they appear to have managed a 7,689-mile journey without any serious breach of their friendship. After the expedition, ...
full-text - UBC Library Open Collectionsopen.library.ubc.ca... has been a long time i n the making, and, as a r e s u l t , I f e e l a l l the more indebted to a number of i n d i v i d u a l s who have enriched my ...
[PDF] “especially in this free Country:” Webs of Empire, Slavery and the ...mspace.lib.umanitoba.caThe wife in this list would probably have been his first wife, a daughter of Chief. Comcomly, Princess Timmee, making McKay a relative by marriage to McKenzie ...
Stealing Chief Comcomly's Skull - Native American Netrootsnativeamericannetroots.netOne of the skulls which was stolen in the name of scientific arrogance during the nineteenth century was that of Chinook chief Comcomly. About ...
[PDF] PDF - GovInfogovinfo.govFrom the estuaries teeming with life to the wave- pummeled outer beaches, and on verdant and rain-soaked slopes, water defines the place. Here, the West's ...
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