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Image of Poster for Indian Fishing Rights demonstration, May 12, 1979
2002.23.8.9.1_1
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Poster for Indian Fishing Rights demonstration, May 12, 1979

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The poster pictured here advertises a demonstration in support of Indian fishing rights, with a march from Westlake Mall to a rally at Waterfront Park in downtown Seattle. Sponsored by the Native American Solidarity Committee, the event featured speeches as well as Indian drumming and a performance by Sioux musician Floyd Westerman (1936-2007).

Caption information source: "Demonstration set on Indian fishing rights," The Seattle Times, May 11, 1979, p. 14.
Caption information source: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv10271/
Caption information source: http://www.historylink.org/File/4173
ID Number: 2002.23.8.9.1
Date: 1979
Creator(s): Native American Solidarity Committee, Creator
Physical Description: 1 poster ; 8.5 x 14 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv10271
Credit: MOHAI, Don Paulson Collection of Political and Social Ephemera, 2002.23.8.9.1
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Fish and Fishing, Indigenous Peoples, Activism, Protests and Demonstrations

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