- Title:
- Squaxin Island Lives
- Date Created:
- 1993
- Description:
- Tribal members Mark, Calvin, and Josephine Peters and James Krise share their connections to Squaxin Island, a reservation located in the southern part of Puget Sound. Interviewees recount stories from their childhood and describe some of the hardships faced by Puget Sound Native Americans during and after the Great Depression. Mark and Calvin Peters, both tribal fishermen, also comment on the 1974 Boldt Decision, which reaffirmed fishing rights for Washington tribes.
- Subjects:
- Peters, Mark A., 1955- --Interviews Peters, Calvin, 1927-2011--Interviews Peters, Josephine, 1904-2000--Interviews Krise, James, 1916-2003--Interviews Krise, Randolph H Puget Sound Salish Indians--Interviews Puget Sound Salish Indians--Social life and customs Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Squaxin Island Squaxin Island (Wash.) Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation, Washington Puget Sound Salish Indians--Education Puget Sound Salish Indians--Government relations Puget Sound Salish Indians--Social conditions Puget Sound Salish Indians--Ethnic identity Discrimination in education--Washington (State) Traditional fishing--Northwest, Pacific
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Squaxin Island; United States -- Washington (State) -- Mason County
- Source:
- University of Washington Tacoma Community History Project
- Source Identifier:
- chp1993-01
- Type:
- text
- Format:
- cpd
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- http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en