Chief Yellow Lark with little girl on lap at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 20, 1950

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Image of Chief Yellow Lark with little girl on lap at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 20, 1950 — 1986.5.11297.2

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Chief Yellow Lark with little girl on lap at Pow Wow, Seattle, August 20, 1950

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The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s to mid-1950s, and so on. Eventually, the pow wow became part of Seattle’s Seafair.

In this image pow wow guest of honor Chief Yellow Lark holds a curious three-year-old Nola Jean Kukuk. Chief Yellow Lark, Lenape (also Delaware Nation), was attending his 17th Rainier District Pow Wow.

Caption information source: "Rainier District Pow Wow (1934-1992)," by Cassandra Tate, HistoryLink.org Essay 9526.
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff.

ID Number: 1986.5.11297.2

Date: 1950

Creator(s): Watton, Ed, Photographer

Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.

Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.11297.2, photo by Ed Watton

Subjects: Celebrations, Neighborhoods, Entertainment, Cultural Appropriation, Indigenous Peoples, Clothing and Dress