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Chapter 20Operation ChainsmokerFrank’s Landing is located in Nisqually, Washington, at an interchangeof Interstate 5, near Norma’s Burgers, a popular lunch joint,and Schilter Family Farm, where 180 acres of Christmas trees, pumpkins,and pasture lands spread out, paralleling the freeway.A smoke shop at the Landing operates from a nondescript beigebuilding, bearing the simple sign: “The Landing, A Skookum CreekOutlet.” On any given day, you’ll find cars pulling up slowly to thedrive-through window, where drivers place orders for soft drinks,candy, or cigarettes.Sometimes, you’ll hear shrieks of laughter from nearby Wa He LutIndian School, the Native cultural center founded by Billy’s oldersister, Maiselle, in response to children’s experiences in public school.This community is steeped in history, dating back to Muck CreekVillage on the Nisqually Indian Reservation where Billy’s father grewup. A century earlier, Indians gathered and traded goods at the village,then a major tribal center on the south side of the creek. When theNisqually Reservation was condemned during World War I, displacedIndians at Muck Creek Village scattered. Among them wasBilly’s father, who lost his allotment. He eventually bought 6.3 acresof land near the mouth of the Nisqually River. A new community248