Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues, was the hub of Seattle's home front activities during World War II. Crowds gathered here for parades, war bond rallies and many other patriotic events.

In the center of this photo, Tulalip Tribes leader Harriette “Hiahl-tsa” Shelton Dover dances as part of a Discovery Day event held by the Alaska-Yukon Sourdoughs to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Yukon. According to The Seattle Times account of the celebration, Dover was joined by Chief Sequoia of the Cherokee Tribe, Chief Yellow Lark of the Sioux, Chief William Billedieux of the Blackfoot, Chief Julian Twohy of the Ute, Chief William Kitsap of the Suquamish, and Chiefs Alex Saluskin and Tom Yallup of the Yakama.

Handwritten on negative: Indians - Victory Square.
Handwritten on sleeve: World War II - Seattle - Victory Square Indians.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 25, 1942.

Caption information source: "Harriette 'Hiahl-tsa' Shelton Dover: Her Life and Legacy," Tulalip Tribes, https://vimeo.com/314131760, accessed September 9, 2020; "Sourdoughs to Stage Discovery Day in Square," The Seattle Daily Times, August 14, 1942, p. 3.