182 results for: Coast Salish Peoples
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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:2000.107.19930613.2.31
Date:1993
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Paddlers in S'Klallam tribe canoe, 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:2000.107.19930613.2.33
Date:1993
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Lummi carvers Verne Johnson Jr. (Tsow-sum) and Ken Cooper working on totem pole, October 21, 1993
This image shows Lummi carver Verne Johnson, Jr. (1952-1994), named Tsow-sum in the Lummi language, working on an 8-foot totem pole. Ken Cooper, also a Lummi carver, stands behind him. The pole was a gift from the city of Ferndale, Washington (near the Lummi reservation) to its sister city of Miyoshi-mura in Japan. Johnson was a graduate of the Lummi…
ID Number:2000.107.19931021.1.23
Date:1993
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Demonstrators with signs outside Westin Hotel prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 19, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.19931119.1.09
Date:1993
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APEC conference attendees posing together at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.19931120.2.23
Date:1993
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APEC conference attendees waving from boat at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.19931120.4.13
Date:1993
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APEC conference attendees walking to briefing area at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.19931120.5.13
Date:1993
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APEC conference attendees standing together at Tillicum Village, Blake Island, November 20, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.19931120.6.05
Date:1993
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Dustin Williams holding traditional talking stick at Nelson Mandela welcoming ceremony, Seattle, December 8, 1999
In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça Machel visited Seattle a few months after Mandela left office as president of South Africa. Their visit was intended to raise money for their charitable organizations. In addition to meeting with prominent philanthropists, Mandela and Machel addressed students at Seattle University, spoke at a world health conference at the University of…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.1.23
Date:1999
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Charles Chevalier, Stuart Island, July 21, 2002
Descendants of the San Juan Island's Mitchell Bay Tribe have lived and fished on the northwestern part of San Juan Island for generations, and have ties to many of the Northern Coast Salish peoples, including the Saanach and Songee tribes of Southeastern Vancouver Island and the Lummi and Samish peoples of northwestern Washington. Not officially recognized by name in a…
ID Number:2000.107.20020721.CD01.001
Date:2002