“No one taught me to be Native American. My mother taught me that I was, but she did not have the context for what that heritage meant. My grandmother mentioned it very little, even though it was visible in her features. Yet from my earliest memories, being Native has always been an integral part of my identity. Even though I was raised far from my tribe, far from any tribe, I heard the drumbeat of our traditions in my heart. My name is Leah Kallen Myers. I am the last member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in my family line.” CultureIdentityMemoirNativeHeritageNative AmericanIndigenousRecord KeeperS KlallamSklallam Book:Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity Source: Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity