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Image of Myra Sohappy, Cook's Landing, June 12, 1990
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Myra Sohappy, Cook's Landing, June 12, 1990

Myra Sohappy (1926-2005) was the wife of David Sohappy (1925-1991), a Wanapum fisher and activist for Indigenous fishing rights. In the mid-1960s, the Sohappy family moved to Cook’s Landing in Skamania County at the mouth of the Little White Salmon River. There, David became a fisher full-time and took only as many fish as needed for his community, in line…
ID Number:2000.107.202.11.01
Date:1990
Image of Helen Beck Stafford, June 30, 1987
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Helen Beck Stafford, June 30, 1987

Helen Beck Stafford (1899-2002) was a community and civil rights activist in Tacoma. Stafford attended Kansas State University, where she was not allowed live in the dorms, swim in the campus pool, or use other facilities required by her course work because she was Black. Despite a college experience rife with discrimination and racial insults, she excelled and graduated in…
ID Number:2000.107.204.01.01
Date:1987
Image of Lê Quốc Thân playing outside with his foster brother, Renton, April 8, 1975
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Lê Quốc Thân playing outside with his foster brother, Renton, April 8, 1975

In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Many found foster families in the greater Seattle area.Some of the children in the program were biracial, with one American parent. This was the case for Lê Quốc Thân, whose Vietnamese mother took him to the Holt…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.04
Date:1975
Image of Lê Quốc Thân leaping off the porch of his foster home, Renton, April 8, 1975
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Lê Quốc Thân leaping off the porch of his foster home, Renton, April 8, 1975

In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Many found foster families in the greater Seattle area.Some of the children in the program were biracial, with one American parent. This was the case for Lê Quốc Thân, whose Vietnamese mother took him to the Holt…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.05
Date:1975
Image of Yvonne Wanrow, February 17, 1976
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Yvonne Wanrow, February 17, 1976

Yvonne Swan Wanrow (now Yvonne Swan) 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…
ID Number:2000.107.222.03.01
Date:1976
Image of Yvonne Wanrow, February 17, 1976
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Yvonne Wanrow, February 17, 1976

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:2000.107.222.03.02
Date:1976
Image of Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan and her daughter sitting on steps, April 7, 1983
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Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan and her daughter sitting on steps, April 7, 1983

Yvonne Swan, formerly Yvonne 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,…
ID Number:2000.107.222.03.03
Date:1983
Image of Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan, April 7, 1983
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Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan, April 7, 1983

Yvonne Swan, formerly Yvonne 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,…
ID Number:2000.107.222.03.04
Date:1983
Image of Harold Spence with a photo of his controversial peace symbol flag, June 28, 1974
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Harold Spence with a photo of his controversial peace symbol flag, June 28, 1974

In May 1970, 23-year-old Harold Spence taped a peace sign to an American flag and hung it outside his University District apartment to protest the US invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State killings. Spence was arrested and convicted at trial for improperly displaying the flag. Spence eventually petitioned the Supreme Court, which heard the case in January 1974. The…
ID Number:2000.107.19740628.2.08
Date:1974
Image of King County Det. Capt. Nick Mackie with computer printouts related to
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King County Det. Capt. Nick Mackie with computer printouts related to "Ted" investigation, October 1975

Joseph Neilan “Nick” Mackie (1934-2019) was a longtime Washington law enforcement officer known for his role in the investigation of serial killer Ted Bundy during the 1970s. Born on Whidbey Island, Nick Mackie attended Lincoln High School and University of Washington, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining the King County Sheriff’s Department, where he rose to the…
ID Number:2000.107.19751000.8.17
Date:1975
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