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Image of Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961
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Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961

In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress while sitting next to his son, Eagle Plume (James White Calf, Jr.). He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.05
Date:1961
Image of Girls at Crowfeather benefit in Seattle, January 16, 1971
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Girls at Crowfeather benefit in Seattle, January 16, 1971

In this image, two girls in traditional Native dress watch performers at a powwow to benefit Ernest Crowfeather at the Mercer Island High School auditorium in Seattle. Crowfeather (1942-1971), part Sioux, had been under treatment for kidney failure but was declared medically unsuitable for the Northwest Kidney Center's artificial kidney machine treatment program. Local community members raised $100,000 on his…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.01
Date:1971
Image of Ervina McCloud taking a break from dancing, Seattle, November 7, 1968
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Ervina McCloud taking a break from dancing, Seattle, November 7, 1968

In this image, Ervina McCloud, 7, a member of the Tulalip Tribes from northwest Washington, smiles for the camera at the University of Washington HUB Auditorium. McCloud was one of a group of Northwest Native American dancers at a folk concert to benefit the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 8, 1968, page 31Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.02
Date:1968
Image of Four Native youth in traditional dress, March 14, 1966
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Four Native youth in traditional dress, March 14, 1966

In this image Barbara Abbott (Queen Anne High School), Nancy Saludo (Cleveland High School), Judy Haldane (Nathan Hale High School), and George Abbott (Queen Anne High School) model traditional dress for an AIYAC (American Indian Youth Activites Club) fashion show. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.03
Date:1966
Image of Sbeebayoo (Billy) and Ellen Phillips, Seattle, January 8, 1910
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Sbeebayoo (Billy) and Ellen Phillips, Seattle, January 8, 1910

In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.04
Date:1910
Image of Ellen Phillips in doorway of her home, Seattle, May 10, 1910
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Ellen Phillips in doorway of her home, Seattle, May 10, 1910

In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.05
Date:1910
Image of Wanapum visitors in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer composing room, Seattle, October 1956
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Wanapum visitors in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer composing room, Seattle, October 1956

In this image, printer Roy Jones demonstrates part of the newspaper printing process in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer composing room, for his visitors from the Wanapum Tribe. Washat (then called Washini or Washani) religious leaders from Wapato, Washington, Alba Shawaway, left, and Frank So Happy (also Che-che-mah), center, look on with their wives, Julia So Happy, second from right, and Nettie…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.06
Date:1956
Image of Girls viewing Northwest Coast art at Seattle Center, June 2, 1967
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Girls viewing Northwest Coast art at Seattle Center, June 2, 1967

In this image Patricia White, 16, foreground, and Angie SpoonHunter, 16, look at Native ceremonial masks made by Northwest Coast tribes displayed in the Cascade Gallery at Seattle Center. Both girls are members of the Arapaho tribe and were visiting from the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.07
Date:1967
Image of Pat McCloud,  Bert Peters, and Billie McCloud at Indian Center, Seattle, May 3, 1967
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Pat McCloud, Bert Peters, and Billie McCloud at Indian Center, Seattle, May 3, 1967

In this image Pat McCloud, left, Bert Peters, and Billie McCloud admire the Chief Leschi Memorial Trophy, a totemic wooden orca carved by Lawney Reyes, which was to be given to the winners of the Seattle War Dance competition on May 21 at Seattle Center. Pat and Billie McCloud of Yelm, Washington, are members of the Walla Walla and Puyallup…
ID Number:2000.107.095.29.01
Date:1967
Image of Julia So-Happy and Nettie Shawaway visiting Seattle Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 14, 1956
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Julia So-Happy and Nettie Shawaway visiting Seattle Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 14, 1956

In this image, Julia So Happy, left, and Nettie Shawaway, the wives of Washini religious leaders from Wapato, Washington, inspect a teletype machine at the International News Service Bureau in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer building in downtown Seattle. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.095.29.02
Date:1956
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