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Paul Mission Historical Society has published a detailed account by Connie Lenzen that adds specific documentary material, particularly regarding Marie’s later life at Fort Okanogan and her subsequent partnerships.

The National Park Service page on Marie Dorion provides a publicly accessible account that reaches a broad audience.

These resources exist.

They are findable.

The story they tell is real and documented.

What remains to be done is the work of connecting this story to the broader popular historical memory that most Americans carry.