234 results for: Northwest Coast Native Peoples
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Group of Makah people under a fly tent at Port Townsend, August 30, 1899
The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:Lib1993.1.724
Date:1899
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Two Makah people at Port Townsend, September 2, 1899
The Makah people of the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx, which translates roughly to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls." The early Makah were skilled mariners, using several types of canoes which they carved from western red cedar for various purposes - war, whaling, fishing, sealing, carrying cargo, and long voyages.…
ID Number:Lib1993.1.728
Date:1899
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Indigenous people on the beach at Port Townsend, September 2, 1899
Port Townsend, site of a S'Klallam village prior to the arrival of settlers in the mid-1800s, became an important trading center by the end of the 19th century. Indigenous peoples from Canada and the tribes of Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula gathered along the shores of Port Townsend Bay to trade and socialize. Many also stopped here on their…
ID Number:Lib1993.1.754
Date:1899
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Mattie Wheeler Howeattle, Taholah, 1965
Mattie Wheeler Howeattle (1861-1967) was an enrolled member of the Quinault Indian Nation. She married Washington Howeattle, a Quileute tribal member and representative of the Quinault Council. The couple lived in Taholah and were well-known for their knowledge of Quilieute and Quinault traditions, and Mattie was an accomplished basket and doll maker.Mattie Howeattle lived to be 106, and photographer Josef…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.198
Date:1965
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Felix Solomon, Lummi Reservation, 1979
Felix Solomon (1889-1981) was a Lummi elder, fisherman, farmer, and hunter. This portrait was taken by photographer Josef Scaylea in 1979.Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.219
Date:1979
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Sherman Dominick, 1970
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 peaceful demonstrations…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.240
Date:1970
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William Frank, Sr., 1980
William Frank, Sr. (1879-1983) was a Nisqually elder, early tribal government official, and leader in the struggle for Indigenous fishing rights. His name at birth was Qu Lash Qud, and he was renamed Frank while at boarding school, after a white homesteader for whom his father worked. In 1917, the US Army took most of the Nisqually Reservation to expand…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.249
Date:1980
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Indigenous women making baskets, Olympic Peninsula, 1926
The women from coastal Washington's Indigenous tribes are known for their basketry. They made twined, coiled, and plaited baskets for gathering clams and berries, storing and serving food, and many other purposes. Basketry techniques were also used for hats and other clothing. At the start of the 20th century, Indigenous artists in the Pacific Northwest were making baskets specifically for…
ID Number:PI23768
Date:1926
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Indigenous group in ceremonial dress, Seattle, 1931
This image shows a group of Indigenous people dressed in elaborate ceremonial dress in the summer of 1931. It is possibly in connection with a display of Northwest Indigenous culture at the Seattle Exposition and Outdoor Show, which included a war dance demonstration every evening. The two men on the right wear feather headgear typical of Coast Salish spirit dancers.…
ID Number:PI23790
Date:1931
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Canoe race at Coupeville festival, August 9, 1936
In 1936, the Coupeville Indian Water Festival culminated in a race of traditional canoes crewed by Indigenous people from Washington and British Columbia. Eleven canoes started the three-mile race in Penn's Cove on August 9, 1936, but only eight managed to finish. High winds caused three canoes to sink; the Lone Eagle from the Lummi Reservation sank only a few…
ID Number:PI23809
Date:1936