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Image of Baseball team, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912
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Baseball team, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.59
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Football team, Tulalip Indian School, 1911
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Football team, Tulalip Indian School, 1911

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.60
Date:1911
Image of Hospital staff, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912
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Hospital staff, Tulalip Indian School, circa 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.63
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Game of Slahal, Treaty Day celebration, Tulalip, 1912
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Game of Slahal, Treaty Day celebration, Tulalip, 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.66
Date:1912
Image of Tulalip Indian School boys band, 1912
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Tulalip Indian School boys band, 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.83
Date:1912
Image of Tulalip Indian School building, circa 1912
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Tulalip Indian School building, circa 1912

The Tulalip Tribes are a confederation of several Coast Salish peoples including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, Stillaguamish, and other allied tribes and bands. In the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, these groups ceded most of their land to the United States and reserved the Tulalip Indian Reservation for their permanent homeland. They also reserved rights for hunting,…
ID Number:Lib1988.11.86
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Puget Sound Salish basketmaker, circa 1900
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Puget Sound Salish basketmaker, circa 1900

Coast Salish peoples are a diverse group of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest who speak related languages and have some common cultural traditions. The Coast Salish grouping includes many different tribal groups, all with their own names for themselves and most with their own languages. Coast Salish peoples have lived in the Pacific Northwest since time immemorial and their…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.115
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Portrait of Yaht-le-min, circa 1900
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Portrait of Yaht-le-min, circa 1900

This is a portrait of Yaht-le-min, a sub-chief of the S'Klallam. He was called "General Taylor" by the settlers and was identified as such by the photographer. Caption information source: "Land and People and Lifestyle," by Jerry Gorsline for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, retrieved from https://www.pgst.nsn.us/tribal-enterprises/noo-kayet-development/35-top-level/land-and-people-and-lifestyle
ID Number:Lib1988.33.288
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Portrait of Yaht-le-min's wife, circa 1900
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Portrait of Yaht-le-min's wife, circa 1900

This is a portrait of the wife of Yaht-le-min (called General Taylor by the settlers), a sub-chief of the S'Klallam. Her name is not known. She had her portrait taken with a traditional clam basket in front of a handmade cattail mat. She wears a crucifix pendant, a symbol of the Christian faith introduced by missionaries in the mid-1800s. Caption…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.289
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Puget Sound Native man with pipe, circa 1900
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Puget Sound Native man with pipe, circa 1900

Seated in front of a large tree trunk, this Puget Sound Native man holds a pipe in his mouth and looks steadily at the camera. The subject has been identified as Dr. Jack, a Duwamish man who lived on the Cedar River, but this information could not be confirmed.
ID Number:Lib1992.9.2
Date:Circa 1900
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MOHAI stands on the historic and contemporary lands and shores of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Muckleshoot, and other Coast Salish Nations. We acknowledge the forced displacement of Native Communities from this land while honoring the endurance of the Duwamish people who still live here.
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