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Image of Kevin and Robert Blacketer, Skokomish, with net of chum salmon near Hoodsport, WA, November 12, 2002
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Kevin and Robert Blacketer, Skokomish, with net of chum salmon near Hoodsport, WA, November 12, 2002

In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.009
Date:2002
Image of Tribal canoes near historic site of Duwamish longhouse on the Duwamish River, November 9, 2002
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Tribal canoes near historic site of Duwamish longhouse on the Duwamish River, November 9, 2002

In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.010
Date:2002
Image of Traditional Indigenous ceremony honoring first salmon of the season, Seattle, November  9, 2002
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Traditional Indigenous ceremony honoring first salmon of the season, Seattle, November 9, 2002

In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.011
Date:2002
Image of Larry Yanity walking past homes to be razed for new casino, Arlington, January 9, 2003
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Larry Yanity walking past homes to be razed for new casino, Arlington, January 9, 2003

In 2003 the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians was facing high rates of unemployment, high school dropouts, teen pregnancy, alcoholism, and drug abuse. The tribe's Business Development Department began plans to build a casino on part of their traditional lands near Arlington and Stanwood, Washington. Despite some concern that it would lead to dispersal of the tribe, about 150 people were…
ID Number:2000.107.20030109.CD04.01.001
Date:2002
Image of Haida drummers protesting salmon farming practices, Seattle, January 15, 2003
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Haida drummers protesting salmon farming practices, Seattle, January 15, 2003

In this photo Haida drummers perform a song during a demonstration against the salmon farming industry in front of North American Pan Fish headquarters in Ballard. About 100 representatives of US and British Columbian fishing and conservation groups, along with Indigenous Alaskans and Northwest tribal peoples, participated in the protest. Opponents of salmon farms say they hurt sales of wild…
ID Number:2000.107.20030115.CD01.001
Date:2003
Image of Old Man House Park, Suquamish, June 11, 2004
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Old Man House Park, Suquamish, June 11, 2004

One-acre Old Man House Park is but a fragment of the Kitsap peninsula land occupied by the Suquamish people. The Tribe’s “mother village” had been located here, as was Chief Seattle’s 600-foot-long cedar longhouse, known as Old Man House. After the US military burned the longhouse in 1870, the Tribe rebuilt the village, only to have the US acquire the…
ID Number:2000.107.20040611.CD01.001
Date:2004
Image of William and Virginia Whiteley with Rob Purser at Old Man House Park, Suquamish, June 11, 2004
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William and Virginia Whiteley with Rob Purser at Old Man House Park, Suquamish, June 11, 2004

One-acre Old Man House Park is but a fragment of the Kitsap peninsula land occupied by the Suquamish people. The Tribe’s “mother village” had been located here, as was Chief Seattle’s 600-foot-long cedar longhouse, known as Old Man House. After the US military burned the longhouse in 1870, the Tribe rebuilt the village, only to have the US acquire the…
ID Number:2000.107.20040611.CD01.002
Date:2004
Image of Flier promoting Indian resistance, Seattle, October 14, 1975
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Flier promoting Indian resistance, Seattle, October 14, 1975

The celebration of Columbus Day has focused the strong opposition from American Indigenous Peoples protesting the intrusion of Europeans onto their lands. In October 1975, the Survival of American Indian Association called for a teach-in, and a Columbus Day picket line, demonstration, and rally in downtown Seattle. The group’s four-page flier includes an 1812 quotation from Shawnee leader Tecumseh and…
ID Number:2002.23.1.34.1
Date:1975
Image of Support Indian Fishing Rights flier, October 1, 1978
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Support Indian Fishing Rights flier, October 1, 1978

In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters in the Pacific Northwest began protesting laws that restricted Native American fishing rights. Various groups held protests and peaceful demonstrations, known collectively as the "fish wars" or "fish-ins," until court rulings in the 1970s guaranteed tribes the right to fish in the accustomed places as they had for hundreds of years.This flier…
ID Number:2002.23.1.49.1
Date:1978
Image of Free Yvonne Wanrow mailer, 1978
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Free Yvonne Wanrow mailer, 1978

Yvonne Swan Wanrow is an activist advocating for the rights of Native Americans and women. She is a member of the Colville Tribes of eastern Washington. On August 11, 1972, Wanrow shot and killed a convicted sex offender when he attempted to assault her young son. She was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty years in prison, but appealed…
ID Number:2002.23.1.52.1
Date:1978
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