TRIBAL PRESENCE ON THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT JANUARY 15, 2015
1 We have been inspired during the time you shared with us, by the sense of closely woven community, by the important places you shared and we have learned valued lessons.
“Inspired by what we’ve learned to date, we’re coming back to you to learn more today... Help us keep shaping the waterfront.”
2 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE TRIBES: LESSONS LEARNED
“We are all from tribes... We have all been colonized.”
3 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE SUQUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
We learned about the immense importance placed upon the art of passing knowledge and values, generation to generation; carrying culture forward through time, from ancestors to future generations.
“How can you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been?” 4 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE SUQUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
“As designers, we were inspired to see how new buildings were inspired by the site and tied to their unique places.” 5 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE SUQUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
6 TRIBAL PRESENCE UNITED URBAN INDIANS: LESSONS LEARNED
Beyond the local tribes, we learned of Seattle as a melting pot for individuals from more distant tribes.
7 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE MUCKLESHOOT: LESSONS LEARNED
We were inspired by the growth and strengthening of tribal culture supported by ambitious social and cultural projects. 8 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE MUCKLESHOOT: LESSONS LEARNED
9 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE MUCKLESHOOT: LESSONS LEARNED
We were struck by the elevation of cooking places to celebrated cultural spaces.
“Host a generous table...”
10 “Host a generous table...”
11 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE STILLAGUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
We learned the importance of the journey. Our hosts took us on a journey and proudly showed us the Stillaguamish, spoke of its natural and cultural history, and showed how it’s currently used and managed. 12 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE STILLAGUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
13 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE STILLAGUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
14 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE STILLAGUAMISH: LESSONS LEARNED
Our hosts shared ideas big and small for our project including details of cedar rose making and culturally modified trees.
15 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE TULALIP: LESSONS LEARNED
Listening to stories from tribe members and their lessons learned in interpreting their history, we learned the importance of shared journeys, places and resources.
16 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE TULALIP: LESSONS LEARNED
Our visit showed us a tribe being strengthened and moving forward, while building upon and honoring the past.
17 TRIBAL PRESENCE MEETING WITH THE TULALIP: LESSONS LEARNED
“The importance in authenticity of voice.” 18 TRIBAL PRESENCE LESSONS LEARNED: CANOE CULTURE
A recurring theme of our visits has been canoe culture as: • a catalyst for community building • a metaphor for neotribalism, rediscovering, strengthening and growing heritage • a metaphor for life at its best and most challenging
19 TRIBAL PRESENCE LESSONS LEARNED: STORYTELLING
We were struck by the power and importance of verbal storytelling and storytelling in art as well.
20 TRIBAL PRESENCE LESSONS LEARNED: CULTURAL BUILDINGS AND DESIGN
We were struck by new tribal buildings rooted in culture, yet having forward looking, inspired design.
21 TRIBAL PRESENCE LESSONS LEARNED: CULTURAL BUILDINGS AND DESIGN
Beyond the design of places, we loved the stories behind the creation, fabrication, and craftsmanship.
22 2.1 THE CITY SCALE TRIBAL PRESENCE RE-CENTERING SEATTLE AROUND THE BAY UNDERSTANDING IDEAS: ELLIOTT BAY AS A PLACE Elliott Bay, located in the Puget Sound, distinguishes itself by both its enclosing shape and the surrounding urban development of Seattle. The bay’s waterfront is rich and varied: it harbors a working port and the hub of a regional ferry system;You it includeshave commercialhelped uspiers adjacent to downtown Seattle, the industrial Port of Seattle,understand residential neighborhoods many suchthings as West Seattle, West Queen Anne and Southeast Magnolia; weand opens sensed west towards but could Puget Sound not and the Olympic Mountains, keeping big nature ever presentarticulate in the city. The about rounded the shape power of Elliott Bay makes it possible to interconnect and relate these different facets of Seattle, effectively creating a “center” around which people can share aof sense our of identitywaterfront: and orientation. Elliott Bay and the Salish Sea as a place...
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2:14 TRIBAL PRESENCE UNDERSTANDING IDEAS: ELLIOTT BAY AS A PLACE
24 TRIBAL PRESENCE UNDERSTANDING IDEAS: TRIBAL PRESENCE AS LIVING CULTURE
The waterfront gives us a chance to tell, in a more balanced and correct way, the history of this place and the tribes.
25 TRIBAL PRESENCE UNDERSTANDING IDEAS: TRIBAL PRESENCE AS LIVING CULTURE
26 TRIBAL PRESENCE UNDERSTANDING IDEAS: TRIBAL PRESENCE AS LIVING CULTURE
We are passionate about sharing tribal history, but we are even more passionate about celebrating the tribes as a living culture.
How do we integrate tribal presence as a living culture present and thriving on our waterfront?
27 TRIBAL PRESENCE OPPORTUNITIES Strengthening tribal presence as an integral layer over the whole of the waterfront.
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art furnishings gathering digital presence materials 28 TRIBAL PRESENCE OPPORTUNITIES Strengthening tribal presence at specific spaces on the waterfront.
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connections water to land marine life cooking ceremonies 29 TRIBAL PRESENCE NEXT STEPS Inspired by our visits and bolstered by our conversations today, how can we make you feel welcome on the Seattle Waterfront?
We welcome your: • interpretation of your history and living culture • stories, generations old, but also first-hand accounts of recent history • ideas on shaping tribal presence from subtle fingerprints to highly visible elements • materials both raw and unfinished, precious and simple, with stories and journeys of their own
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32 EMERGING DESIGN OPPORTUNITIES JANUARY 15TH, 2015
33 1/1000+ 1/1000+ INTERPRETATION THE WORKERS ON THE DOCKS
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65 CANOE LANDING FLOATING DOCK
36 SOFT CANOE LANDING HABITAT BEACH
37 USE OF NATIVE PLANTS PERENNIALS, BULBS AND GRASSES
Allium Beach strawberry Yarrow Woodland strawberry Sea Thrift Nepeta Cammas Sp. Oregon Oxalis Pacific Bleeding Heart Stonecrop Sedum California Poppy Sea Lyme Grass Meadowsweet Sp. Equisetum Sp. / Horsetail Guara Sp. American Dune Grass Bush Lupine Large-leaved Lupine Inside Out Flower Beargrass Common Camas Camassia quamash CULTURAL BENEFITS TRADITIONAL USES: BULBS edible raw, roasted, boiled, slow cooked or dried FLOUR ground, dried bulbs used to make breads STALKS used for mattress making GRAZING spring crop 38 USE OF NATIVE PLANTS TRADITIONAL USES
39 SEASHELL BEACH AT “CLEAR SALT WATER” MATERIALS
40 PAVING MATERIALS
41 PATTERNS
42 PAVING PATTERNS
43 WOODWORK
44 CARVING LARGE TIMBER FURNISHING
45 ART CALL JANUARY 13, 2015
46 xaxecu Small Lake CENTERED AROUND THE BAY NATURAL SHORELINE ADAPTED FROM THE WATERLINES PROJECT - BURKE MUSEUM – COURTESY WSDOT
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48 RE-CENTERING AROUND THE BAY MULTICULTURAL COMMON GROUND
FIND A COMMON PLACE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER + LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
49 HOW DO WE BUILD A MULTICULTURAL COMMON GROUND TOGETHER?
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