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Deadly Lewis & Clark incident has had long legacy [audio 5min]

Two hundred years ago on July 27th, members of the Lewis & Clark expedition killed at least one Blackfeet Indian during a stopover near the Montana town of Browning. Carolyn Gilman, curator of the Lewis & Clark National Bicentennial Exhibition, talks with Alex Chadwick about the legacy of the incident -- the only fatal clash of the historic expedition.
Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"