770 results for: Activism
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John Beal with children from Concord School at Hamm Creek, Seattle, April 30, 1993
Environmentalist John Beal (1950-2006) spent 27 years fighting to restore the Duwamish River and its tributary, Hamm Creek, near his South Park neighborhood. In spite of ongoing battles with commerical interests and indifferent officials, Beal's work slowly transformed these trash-filled and polluted waters into a healthy, functioning habitat for wildlife and people. Beal's work continues today through groups like Environmental…
ID Number:2000.107.017.33.01
Date:1993
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Richard Belmont speaking at press conference, Seattle, October 6, 1972
When 140 acres of their ancestral land on Oyster Bay was declared surplus by the federal government, the Suquamish Tribe sought to have it returned to the tribe. They wanted to use to site for an Indian canoe house and racing area, an Indian historical and cultural center, an center for marine science and ecology, and a meeting facility that…
ID Number:2000.107.019.39.01
Date:1973
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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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Bush Cycle Club bicyclists leaving Seattle, June 14, 1975
This image shows some of the nine bicyclists of the Bush Cycle Club who set out from Seattle in an attempt to be the first group in modern times to complete circumnavigation of the earth via bicycle. The group was made up of Bob Ellis, French teacher at the Bush School; five recent graduates, Mark Boyar, Debbie LaZerte, Helen Anderson,…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.10
Date:1975
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Bush Cycle Club bicyclists returning to Seattle, September 1, 1976
In this image four members of the Bush Cycle Club pose in Seattle after returning from a 14-month, 15,000-mile trip in an attempt to be the first group in modern times to complete circumnavigation of the earth via bicycle. The individuals are identified from left as Mark Boyar (now a noted conservationist), Matt Rice, Steve Ellis, and group leader Bob…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.11
Date:1976
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Bush Cycle Club bicyclists returning to Seattle, September 1, 1976
In this image Mark Boyar, a member of the Bush Cycle Club, gets a hug from Debbie LaZerte in Seattle after returning from a 14-month, 15,000-mile trip by the club, an attempt to be the first group in modern times to complete circumnavigation of the earth via bicycle. In addition to Mr. Boyar (now a noted conservationist), other members of…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.12
Date:1976
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Black Panther lieutenant Cranston Owens at Rainier Beach school, September 6, 1968
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.01
Date:1968
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Black Panthers protesting on steps of Capitol building, Olympia, February 28, 1969
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.02
Date:1969