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Image of Laverne Lane, December 3, 1971
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Laverne Lane, December 3, 1971

This photo shows Laverne Lane, a Seattle University (SU) junior who was the Indian-Chicano coordinator for ethnic cultural activities at SU. Part of her job was recruiting Native students for the university from reservation high schools. Lane grew up on the Lummi reservation in Bellingham and had first hand experience of the problems that Native students from a reservation faced…
ID Number:2000.107.110.02.01
Date:1971
Image of Janet McCloud speaking at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
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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
Image of Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 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
Image of Hazel McKinney on the Shoalwater Bay reservation, March 10, 1993
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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
Image of Leroy Mills carrying two children at protest, Seattle, October 14, 1975
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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
Image of Marvin Oliver sculpting a mask, Seattle, July 20, 1976
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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
Image of Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970

On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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 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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