231 results for: Northwest Coast Native Peoples
Poster
First Annual Salmon Homecoming poster, Seattle, September 16-19, 1993
In 1992, the Seattle Aquarium held its first Salmon Homecoming celebration, with a month of educational events to highlight the return of salmon to the streams of their birth. In 1993, this became a four-day event called the First Annual Salmon Homecoming Celebration, held on September 16-19 and presented by the Seattle Aquarium in conjunction with the Tribal Communities of…
ID Number:2007.25.14
Date:1993
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Muckleshoot memorial and protest march on Highway 164, February 27, 1991
On February 27, 1991, a group of Muckleshoot tribal members held a march along Highway 164, also called the Auburn-Enumclaw Road. The march was a memorial to tribal members who had been hit and killed by cars on the highway, as well as a protest to lower the speed limit to 45 mph on Highway 164. Despite high pedestrian traffic…
ID Number:2020.42.3.05.03.01
Date:1991
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Muckleshoot memorial and protest march alongside cars on Highway 164, February 27, 1991
On February 27, 1991, a group of Muckleshoot tribal members held a march along Highway 164, also called the Auburn-Enumclaw Road. The march was a memorial to tribal members who had been hit and killed by cars on the highway, as well as a protest to lower the speed limit to 45 mph on Highway 164. Despite high pedestrian traffic…
ID Number:2020.42.3.05.03.11
Date:1991
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Crosses along route of Muckleshoot memorial and protest march, February 27, 1991
On February 27, 1991, a group of Muckleshoot tribal members held a march along Highway 164, also called the Auburn-Enumclaw Road. The march was a memorial to tribal members who had been hit and killed by cars on the highway, as well as a protest to lower the speed limit to 45 mph on Highway 164. Despite high pedestrian traffic…
ID Number:2020.42.3.05.05.15
Date:1991
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Samish chairwoman Margaret Greene with the Maiden of Deception Pass story pole, April 20, 1992
Margaret Greene (1922-2016) was the chairwoman of the Samish Indian Nation from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1987 to 1996. Greene was descended from Samish people who moved to the Lummi or Swinomish reservations, while many other Samish chose to remain in their ancestral islands. Greene kept her Samish identity and fought tirelessly for Samish rights. During Greene's terms…
ID Number:2020.42.3.21.01.19
Date:1992
Videorecording
Vecinos: Suquamish Elders: the Boarding School Experience, Community Television Agency program, April 20, 1989
Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.10
Date:1989
Videorecording
Vecinos: A Bit of History From the Northwest Indians, Community Television Agency program, July 27, 1989
Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.24
Date:1989
Videorecording
Vecinos: Coast Salish Art Exhibit, Community Television Agency program, September 30, 1988
Started in 1976 by Virginia Brookbush, CTA produced up to seven half-hour public access television shows a week in the late 1970s and 1980s. Designed to let anyone use public air time to talk about local issues, CTA produced regular shows like "You Have the Right to Know," "Community Bulletin Board," "Visiting Over the Backyard Fence," "This Town's Talent," and…
ID Number:2021.84.25
Date:1988
Ephemera
"Paddle to Seattle 1989" brochure
In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, the Paddle to Seattle. Part of the Washington State Centennial celebration, the journey celebrated Native maritime history, specifically the history of canoe travel across the region. The Paddle to Seattle revived interest in Indigenous maritime traditions and particularly…
ID Number:2024.55.2
Date:1989
Videorecording
Princess of the Pow-Wow documentary film, 1987
Ella Aquino (1902-1989) was a Lummi, Yakima, and Puyallup activist from Seattle who dedicated her life to advancing the rights and well-being of Indigenous Peoples living in the Pacific Northwest. Born in 1902, Aquino began her education in a boarding school where she was prohibited from embracing her Native heritage. As an adult, she helped create organizations and publications that…
ID Number:2025.9.1
Date:1987