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Image of Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, taking a sample for testing at the Monsanto plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, taking a sample for testing at the Monsanto plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973

Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.22
Date:1973
Image of Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, checking production at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, checking production at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973

Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.23
Date:1973
Image of Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, at a desk at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle,  December 16, 1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, at a desk at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973

Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.30
Date:1973
Image of Judge Kathleen Bishop outside the Nisqually Tribe Community Church where she holds court, 1977
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Judge Kathleen Bishop outside the Nisqually Tribe Community Church where she holds court, 1977

Kathleen L. Bishop Turner (1915-1978), a member of the Snohomish Tribe, was active in Native American affairs throughout her life, following in the footsteps of her father, Senator William Bishop, who was the first Native American to serve in the Washington State Legislature. She devoted most of her live to the preservation and promotion of Native American traditions and culture.…
ID Number:2000.107.19770420.1.38
Date:1977
Image of Joseph Washington chanting at funeral for Kathleen Bishop, Port Townsend, February 16, 1978
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Joseph Washington chanting at funeral for Kathleen Bishop, Port Townsend, February 16, 1978

Kathleen L. Bishop Turner (1915-1978), a member of the Snohomish Tribe, was active in Native American affairs throughout her life, following in the footsteps of her father, Senator William Bishop, who was the first Native American to serve in the Washington State Legislature. She devoted most of her live to the preservation and promotion of Native American traditions and culture.…
ID Number:2000.107.19780216.1.01
Date:1978
Image of Mourners placing gifts on bier at funeral for Kathleen Bishop, Port Townsend, February 16, 1978
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Mourners placing gifts on bier at funeral for Kathleen Bishop, Port Townsend, February 16, 1978

Kathleen L. Bishop Turner (1915-1978), a member of the Snohomish Tribe, was active in Native American affairs throughout her life, following in the footsteps of her father, Senator William Bishop, who was the first Native American to serve in the Washington State Legislature. She devoted most of her live to the preservation and promotion of Native American traditions and culture.…
ID Number:2000.107.19780216.1.08
Date:1978
Image of Yakama Nation group discussing water rights petition, Olympia, April 20, 1993
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Yakama Nation group discussing water rights petition, Olympia, April 20, 1993

In April 1993, ten members of the Yakama Nation (then spelled Yakima), some in traditional dress, gathered in the office of Washington governor Mike Lowry and urged him to veto a bill giving the Hell Roaring Irrigation Company access to reservation water. The bill promised the company the ability to file for water access through the state government rather than…
ID Number:2000.107.19930420.12.11
Date:1993
Image of Yakama Nation group discussing water rights petition, Olympia, April 20, 1993
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Yakama Nation group discussing water rights petition, Olympia, April 20, 1993

In April 1993, ten members of the Yakama Nation (then spelled Yakima), some in traditional dress, gathered in the office of Washington governor Mike Lowry and urged him to veto a bill giving the Hell Roaring Irrigation Company access to reservation water. The bill promised the company the ability to file for water access through the state government rather than…
ID Number:2000.107.19930420.12.41
Date:1993
Image of S'Klallam tribe canoe leaving Port Gamble, June 13, 1993
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S'Klallam tribe canoe leaving Port Gamble, June 13, 1993

In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, known as 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. Each canoe “family” started from their home and stopped at…
ID Number:2000.107.19930613.1.22
Date:1993
Image of S'Klallam woman  Melody Fulton sitting in canoe, June 13, 1993
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S'Klallam woman Melody Fulton sitting in canoe, June 13, 1993

In the summer of 1989, seventeen tribes from around Puget Sound and the Washington coast participated in the first Tribal Canoe Journey, known as 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. Each canoe “family” started from their home and stopped at…
ID Number:2000.107.19930613.2.20
Date:1993
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