231 results for: Northwest Coast Native Peoples
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Dick Gregory on Nisqually River, March 1, 1966
Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Dick Gregory, foreground, sits…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.02
Date:1966
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Herman K. Johns Jr. and Billy Frank Jr. lower U.S. flag at protest fishing site, Frank's Landing, Nisqually River, January 21, 1964
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters began protesting Washington State laws restricting Native American fishing rights that had been granted in a series of treaties with the United States between 1854 and 1855. The Survival of the American Indian Society (SAIA), the NAACP, and the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), coordinated a series of protests and demonstrations over…
ID Number:2000.107.096.01.01
Date:1964
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Laverne Lane, December 3, 1971
This photo shows Laverne Lane, a Seattle University (SU) junior who was the Indian-Chicano coordinator for ethnic cultural activities at SU. Part of her job was recruiting Native students for the university from reservation high schools. Lane grew up on the Lummi reservation in Bellingham and had first hand experience of the problems that Native students from a reservation faced…
ID Number:2000.107.110.02.01
Date:1971
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Janet McCloud speaking at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indian activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and catch.In this image Janet McCloud speaks at one of a series of protests and press conferences organized in support of comedian…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.01
Date:1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, and Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press conference…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.02
Date:1968
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Hazel McKinney on the Shoalwater Bay reservation, March 10, 1993
At the time this photograph was taken, Hazel McKinney, aged 77, was the only person over 70 among the 150 members of Washington state’s Shoalwater Bay tribe. A former tribal health advocate, she actively protested the tribe’s difficulties having to use the Indian Health Service (IHS) clinic on the Quinault reservation, over eighty miles away over back roads. In addition…
ID Number:2000.107.122.34.01
Date:1993
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Leroy Mills carrying two children at protest, Seattle, October 14, 1975
On October 14, 1975, about 150 Native American protesters and sympathizers held a demonstation at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle. Originally publicized as a protest against the Columbus Day holiday, the demonstration became a call for the closure of all Bureau of Indian Affairs federal offices across the country. Protesters argued that the agency had refused to respond to treaty…
ID Number:2000.107.126.03.01
Date:1975
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Marvin Oliver sculpting a mask, Seattle, July 20, 1976
Marvin Oliver (1946-2019) was a sculptor and printmaker who influenced the development and recognition of American Indian contemporary fine art. Born in Shelton, Washington, Oliver attended graduate school at the University of Washington (UW) and started teaching at the school in 1974. Oliver's work was steeped in his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage, but spanned styles and media--from blown-glass Northwest Coast-style…
ID Number:2000.107.135.22.01
Date:1976
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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Swan family performing the Eagle Dance, May 23, 1992
In this image Roxana Robertson, right, and other members of the Swan family wear traditional Native American costume as they demonstrate the Eagle Dance, which they will perform at Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts.…
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.08
Date:1992