5 results for: Survival of American Indian Association
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Ramona Bennett during meeting with church officials, September 17, 1970
Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallap Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman from 1971 to 1978.Much of Bennett’s work focuses on social welfare issues, mainly fighting for the rights of women, children, and families. She began her social service work in the 1950s, with the…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.01
Date:1970
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Ramona Bennett, October 1976
Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallap Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman from 1971 to 1978. Bennett is also a pioneer of fishing rights advocacy, co-founding the Survival of American Indians Association in 1964, and helping to bring “fish-in” protests to national prominence. Much of…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.02
Date:1976
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Ramona Bennett and Hank Adams during trial on Native fishing rights, Tacoma, September 1970
Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallup Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman in from 1971 to 1978. Hank Adams (Assiniboine-Sioux, 1943-2020) fought for Indian civil rights and sovereignty beginning in the 1960s and throughout his life. Both Bennett and Adams were involved with the National…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.03
Date:1970
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Sid Mills protesting outside Exhibition Hall, Seattle, September 5, 1975
On September 4, 1975, about 200 protesters greeted President Gerald Ford as he entered the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center for a fundraising luncheon. Led by Sid Mills, director of the Survival of the American Indian Association, the group demanded that Ford restore Native American treaty rights, and stop the "FBI and U.S. Army war in South Dakota," a reference…
ID Number:2000.107.126.04.01
Date:1975
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Flier promoting Indian resistance, Seattle, October 14, 1975
The celebration of Columbus Day has focused the strong opposition from American Indigenous Peoples protesting the intrusion of Europeans onto their lands. In October 1975, the Survival of American Indian Association called for a teach-in, and a Columbus Day picket line, demonstration, and rally in downtown Seattle. The group’s four-page flier includes an 1812 quotation from Shawnee leader Tecumseh and…
ID Number:2002.23.1.34.1
Date:1975