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Image of George and Mary Adams standing outside their home, Port Gamble Reservation, February 1939
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George and Mary Adams standing outside their home, Port Gamble Reservation, February 1939

In February 1939, the representatives of the Port Gamble band of the Clallam (now S’Klallam) people invited a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter and photographer to come to their village south of Hansville on the Olympic Peninsula. Chairman of the tribe’s governing committee Benny George, along with his aid Jackson and Rev. Karl Leonard of Bremerton, had been in contact with the…
ID Number:PI23825
Date:1939
Image of Josie Anderson digging clams, Port Gamble Reservation, February 1939
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Josie Anderson digging clams, Port Gamble Reservation, February 1939

In February 1939, the representatives of the Port Gamble band of the Clallam (now S’Klallam) people invited a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter and photographer to come to their village south of Hansville on the Olympic Peninsula. Chairman of the tribe’s governing committee Benny George, along with his aid Jackson and Rev. Karl Leonard of Bremerton, had been in contact with the…
ID Number:PI23827
Date:1939
Image of Skip George and Benny Anderson carrying clams at Point Julia, February 1939
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Skip George and Benny Anderson carrying clams at Point Julia, February 1939

In February 1939, the representatives of the Port Gamble band of the Clallam (now S’Klallam) people invited a Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter and photographer to come to their village south of Hansville on the Olympic Peninsula. Chairman of the tribe’s governing committee Benny George, along with his aid Jackson and Rev. Karl Leonard of Bremerton, had been in contact with the…
ID Number:PI23828
Date:1939
Image of siastenu at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer office, Seattle, November 16, 1940
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siastenu at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer office, Seattle, November 16, 1940

siastenu (1857-1958), also named Ruth Sehome Shelton, was born in 1857 on Guemes Island, in one of the last remaining Samish longhouses. She was descended from the Dungeness Klallam, the Lummi, and the Samish peoples. siastenu spread the oral histories of the Coast Salish peoples and carried knowledge of that history into the 20th century. In 1889, siastenu married Wheakadim…
ID Number:PI23839
Date:1940
Image of siastenu and Ed Dalby at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer offices, November 16, 1940
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siastenu and Ed Dalby at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer offices, November 16, 1940

siastenu (1857-1958), also named Ruth Sehome Shelton, was born in 1857 on Guemes Island, in one of the last remaining Samish longhouses. She was descended from the Dungeness Klallam, the Lummi, and the Samish peoples. siastenu spread the oral histories of the Coast Salish peoples and carried knowledge of that history into the 20th century. In 1889, siastenu married Wheakadim…
ID Number:PI23840
Date:1940
Image of Makah dancing at Colman Dock, Seattle, March 22, 1941
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Makah dancing at Colman Dock, Seattle, March 22, 1941

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:PI23844
Date:1941
Image of Indigenous rowers carrying racing canoes into water, La Conner, November 29, 1941
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Indigenous rowers carrying racing canoes into water, La Conner, November 29, 1941

In 1941, Swinomish leader Tandy Wilbur arranged a competition between two Indigenous racing canoes and two shells crewed by the University of Washington Huskies. Wilbur had recently become chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community, and he intended the race to help form bonds among the several different tribal groups living together on the Swinomish reservation. He also wanted to use…
ID Number:PI23846
Date:1941
Image of Indigenous canoes and Husky crew shell racing, La Conner, November 29, 1941
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Indigenous canoes and Husky crew shell racing, La Conner, November 29, 1941

In 1941, Swinomish leader Tandy Wilbur arranged a competition between two Indigenous racing canoes and two shells crewed by the University of Washington Huskies. Wilbur had recently become chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community, and he intended the race to help form bonds among the several different tribal groups living together on the Swinomish reservation. He also wanted to use…
ID Number:PI23847
Date:1941
Image of Husky crew and Indigenous canoe race, La Conner, November 29, 1941
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Husky crew and Indigenous canoe race, La Conner, November 29, 1941

In 1941, Swinomish leader Tandy Wilbur arranged a competition between two Indigenous racing canoes and two shells crewed by the University of Washington Huskies. Wilbur had recently become chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community, and he intended the race to help form bonds among the several different tribal groups living together on the Swinomish reservation. He also wanted to use…
ID Number:PI23848
Date:1941
Image of Husky crew and Indigenous canoe race, La Conner, November 29, 1941
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Husky crew and Indigenous canoe race, La Conner, November 29, 1941

In 1941, Swinomish leader Tandy Wilbur arranged a competition between two Indigenous racing canoes and two shells crewed by the University of Washington Huskies. Wilbur had recently become chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community, and he intended the race to help form bonds among the several different tribal groups living together on the Swinomish reservation. He also wanted to use…
ID Number:PI23850
Date:1941
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