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Image of Girls stretching before their dance performance at  India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002
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Girls stretching before their dance performance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002

India Day is an annual celebration of the anniversary of India’s independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. The celebration includes parades, cultural performances, and other events. In 2002, the India Association of Western Washington (now Indian American Community Services or IACS) held an India Day celebration that included dance performances at the Shoreline Conference Center. Here, twins…
ID Number:2000.107.20020811.CD02.01.001
Date:2002
Image of Children waiting to dance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002
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Children waiting to dance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002

India Day is an annual celebration of the anniversary of India’s independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. The celebration includes parades, cultural performances, and other events. In 2002, the India Association of Western Washington (now Indian American Community Services or IACS) held an India Day celebration that included dance performances at the Shoreline Conference Center. Here, 4-year-old…
ID Number:2000.107.20020811.CD02.01.002
Date:2002
Image of Pranav Shah waiting to dance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002
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Pranav Shah waiting to dance at India Day celebration, Shoreline, August 11, 2002

India Day is an annual celebration of the anniversary of India’s independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947. The celebration includes parades, cultural performances, and other events. In 2002, the India Association of Western Washington (now Indian American Community Services or IACS) held an India Day celebration that included dance performances at the Shoreline Conference Center. Here, 4-year-old…
ID Number:2000.107.20020811.CD02.01.003
Date:2002
Image of Mike Evans (Snohomish) wearing a traditional cedar hat, Redondo Beach, August 2002
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Mike Evans (Snohomish) wearing a traditional cedar hat, Redondo Beach, August 2002

Seattle celebrated the sesquicentennial of its 1852 founding in 2002. On August 31, the commemoration ended with The Spirit Returns, a group of 15 tribal canoes from Washington and British Columbia that paddled along West Seattle starting at Seacrest Boathouse. Their destination, Terminal 107 Park, was the location of Chief Seattle’s childhood home and the proposed site of the Duwamish…
ID Number:2000.107.20020822.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
Image of Long Tall (Chippewa) paddling a traditional cedar canoe, Redondo Beach, August 2002
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Long Tall (Chippewa) paddling a traditional cedar canoe, Redondo Beach, August 2002

Seattle celebrated the sesquicentennial of its 1852 founding in 2002. On August 31, the commemoration ended with The Spirit Returns, a group of 15 tribal canoes from Washington and British Columbia that paddled along West Seattle starting at Seacrest Boathouse. Their destination, Terminal 107 Park, was the location of Chief Seattle’s childhood home and the proposed site of the Duwamish…
ID Number:2000.107.20020822.CD01.03.001
Date:2002
Image of Young girl paddling in a cedar canoe, Redondo Beach, August 2002
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Young girl paddling in a cedar canoe, Redondo Beach, August 2002

Seattle celebrated the sesquicentennial of its 1852 founding in 2002. On August 31, the commemoration ended with The Spirit Returns, a group of 15 tribal canoes from Washington and British Columbia that paddled along West Seattle starting at Seacrest Boathouse. Their destination, Terminal 107 Park, was the location of Chief Seattle’s childhood home and the proposed site of the Duwamish…
ID Number:2000.107.20020822.CD01.03.002
Date:2002
Image of Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally at Victor Steinbrueck Park, September 29, 2002
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Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally at Victor Steinbrueck Park, September 29, 2002

In August 2002, President George W. Bush proposed changes to environmental laws that would make it easier for timber companies to thin federal forests and to remove fire-prone dead trees and undergrowth. In response, the Northwest Old-Growth Campaign, a coalition of 13 environmental groups from Bellingham to southern Oregon, began campaigning to ban cutting of timber in old-growth and other…
ID Number:2000.107.20020929.CD03.01.001
Date:2002
Image of Dave Matthews performing at Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally, Seattle, September 29, 2002
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Dave Matthews performing at Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally, Seattle, September 29, 2002

In August 2002, President George W. Bush proposed changes to environmental laws that would make it easier for timber companies to thin federal forests and to remove fire-prone dead trees and undergrowth. In response, the Northwest Old-Growth Campaign, a coalition of 13 environmental groups from Bellingham to southern Oregon, began campaigning to ban cutting of timber in old-growth and other…
ID Number:2000.107.20020929.CD03.01.002
Date:2002
Image of Dave Matthews backstage at Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally, Seattle, September 29, 2002
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Dave Matthews backstage at Northwest Old-Growth Campaign rally, Seattle, September 29, 2002

In August 2002, President George W. Bush proposed changes to environmental laws that would make it easier for timber companies to thin federal forests and to remove fire-prone dead trees and undergrowth. In response, the Northwest Old-Growth Campaign, a coalition of 13 environmental groups from Bellingham to southern Oregon, began campaigning to ban cutting of timber in old-growth and other…
ID Number:2000.107.20020929.CD03.01.003
Date:2002
Image of Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002
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Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002

The Seattle LGBT Community Center, a program of Queen City Community Development, opened in May 2002 at 1115 E. Pike Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Center housed various programs, projects and services for the LGBTQ and allied communities, and reached many more through its events, activities, and advocacy. In October 2002, the Center hosted the Northwest’s first Latino…
ID Number:2000.107.20021003.CD02.001
Date:2002
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