Cultural healing
Historical photos rescued from Sept. 6 fire at The People’s Center in Pablo cover a table at the Sherri McDonald room at Salish Kootenai College. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader
These ceremonial drums were slightly damaged by smoke but structurally sound after the fire. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Dorothy Nunez, left, curatorial assistant for the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, led a small cadre of sewing assistants, including Aggie Incashola, People’s Center Education Director, in the construction of small cotton pouches to hold activated charcoal pellets. The charcoal will absorb acids and other contaminants to keep the photos from further degrading while in storage. (Carolyn Hidy/Lake County Leader)
Volunteers have been assisting staff from The People’s Center in Pablo as they work to salvage artifacts and historic photos that were damaged in a Sept. 6 arson fire at the center....
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