417 results for: Indigenous Peoples
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Yao Unaf Saeturn farming near Woodinville, July 21, 1982
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian Church. Through the project, refugees from Laos,…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.04
Date:1982
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Shoua Chang working on her farm near Woodinville, 1984
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian church. Through the project, refugees from Laos…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.05
Date:1984
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Janet McCloud speaking at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indian activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and catch.In this image Janet McCloud speaks at one of a series of protests and press conferences organized in support of comedian…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.01
Date:1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, and Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press conference…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.02
Date:1968
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Hazel McKinney on the Shoalwater Bay reservation, March 10, 1993
At the time this photograph was taken, Hazel McKinney, aged 77, was the only person over 70 among the 150 members of Washington state’s Shoalwater Bay tribe. A former tribal health advocate, she actively protested the tribe’s difficulties having to use the Indian Health Service (IHS) clinic on the Quinault reservation, over eighty miles away over back roads. In addition…
ID Number:2000.107.122.34.01
Date:1993
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Inmates watching a sweat lodge ceremony at McNeil Island Corrections Center, January 1985
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.19.05
Date:1985
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Russell Means and Hank Adams at press conference, Seattle, October 6, 1972
In 1972, American Indian Movement (AIM) activists Dennis Banks (1937-2017), Ojibwe, and Russell Charles Means (1939-2012), Oglala Sioux, along with members of the Rosebud Sioux, organized the Trail of Broken Treaties and Pan American Native Quest for Justice, a caravan of automobiles that would cross the nation in a political protest concluding at the White House. On October 6th, three…
ID Number:2000.107.123.30.01
Date:1970
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Leroy Mills carrying two children at protest, Seattle, October 14, 1975
On October 14, 1975, about 150 Native American protesters and sympathizers held a demonstation at the U.S. Courthouse in Seattle. Originally publicized as a protest against the Columbus Day holiday, the demonstration became a call for the closure of all Bureau of Indian Affairs federal offices across the country. Protesters argued that the agency had refused to respond to treaty…
ID Number:2000.107.126.03.01
Date:1975
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Sid Mills protesting outside Exhibition Hall, Seattle, September 5, 1975
On September 4, 1975, about 200 protesters greeted President Gerald Ford as he entered the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center for a fundraising luncheon. Led by Sid Mills, director of the Survival of the American Indian Association, the group demanded that Ford restore Native American treaty rights, and stop the "FBI and U.S. Army war in South Dakota," a reference…
ID Number:2000.107.126.04.01
Date:1975
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Marvin Oliver sculpting a mask, Seattle, July 20, 1976
Marvin Oliver (1946-2019) was a sculptor and printmaker who influenced the development and recognition of American Indian contemporary fine art. Born in Shelton, Washington, Oliver attended graduate school at the University of Washington (UW) and started teaching at the school in 1974. Oliver's work was steeped in his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage, but spanned styles and media--from blown-glass Northwest Coast-style…
ID Number:2000.107.135.22.01
Date:1976