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SPECIAL EVENTS WHAT’S INSIDE: WHAT’S SEATTLE SEATTLE TOTEM POLES & ARTWORK can beseeninmuseumsandgalleries. work their of examples adopted and form, this have Northwest Pacific the throughout artists Contemporary city. the around viewpoints and parks other and Square, Pioneer Park, Victor Steinbrueck Museum, Burke the at display on are poles totem Traditionalhouses. posts long cedar large house for support as providing or crests, inherited displaying posts memorial as trees serve to were cedar from poles carved These traditionally Seattle. in be seen can many carvers Tlingit and and Tsimshian Haida, from art Coast, of works monumental Northwest to of ties close the Rush had Gold has Seattle 1897, Klondike the Since andBritishColumbia. actually comesfromSoutheast Native artwork inSeattle, the mostvisibleexample of The ubiquitous totem pole , being revived artists. by contemporary slowly is it but north, farther by from styles generations for overshadowed been has tradition design This materials. other and metal glass, in works contemporary and blankets, and baskets suchas objects small objects such as spindle whorls, woven posts, house and figures welcoming large as such objects carved on designs more subtle features area, Sound Puget the of style traditional the artwork, Salish Coast are a resource for visitors who are a resource for Citywide Concierge and Visitor www.visitseattle.org/cultural : Past Forward Northwest Cultural Services Northwest Forward : Past Content by Michael Halady, 2006. Halady, by Michael Story Pole image: Duwamish Background ABOUT THE CULTURAL GUIDE SERIES THE CULTURAL ABOUT : Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau and Convention : Seattle’s Design & production Seattle Cultural Guides Cultural guides Seattle The heritage. cultural rich city’s the explore to want and works, art public sites, historic and museums feature tourist attractions that give visitors an insider’s view of ethnic communities and unique history. Seattle’s heritage, cultural and ethnic diverse its of proud is Seattle and its communities continue language, music to and commemorate dance, and value cycles food, seasonal arts mark traditions and that celebrations crafts, and of special events. Visitors are invited to so, doing experience in and these events, these in participate and traditions dimensions. cultural rich to see more of Seattle’s The Cultural Guides project was created by the Cultural Tourism Program of Seattle’s Lodging County Convention (King 4Culture from and funding with Bureau, Visitors places, The Foundation. Family Allen G. Paul the and Tax) events and stories featured in the Cultural dozens by Guides shared and preserved are that unique Seattle make of community organizations and small businesses. The thanks especially and work, their for them thanks Bureau the many community volunteers contributed to this project. who reviewed and Guides online at visitseattle.org/cultural Cultural Visit Seattle for updates and printable guides, as well as information on This cultural web featured sites. site additional also offers a comprehensive searchable calendar of cultural and festivals. including museums, performances events In Seattle, stop by the Center at the Washington for Avenues, 8th and 7th between Street Pike on State Center, Convention & Trade visit. to enhance your a full range of information SPECIAL EVENTS First SalmonCeremonies Indian ReservationsthroughoutthePacific Northwest These by annualceremonies areobserved many tribesinspringor summer, dependingonthetimingoflocalsalmonruns. According to tradition,thefirstsalmoncaughteach seasonisconsidered sacred, andmustbetreatedwithrespect. This time-honored event isanopportunity tothankthesalmonfor returning and for givingitslife tofeed individual tribes thepeople.Contact for oftribes information aboutdatesandlocations;adirectory around the state can befoundaround thestate atwww.goia.wa.gov. SEAFAIR IndianDays Pow Wow At DaybreakinDiscoveryPark Star On thethirdweekend inJuly each year, hundredsof dancers infullregalia,dozens ofdrum groupsand thousands of spectators gathertocelebratetherichnessthousands ofspectators of Native American cultures. www.unitedindians.com Journey. Photoby Jacqueline Schwartz. Tribal canoeslandinginPort Canoe Angeles, 2005 Canoe Journey Destination changes annually ‘Canoe families’ representing tribesthroughout the regiontravel for twoorthreeweeks each July inlargecedar dugoutcanoes. This journey, which isalcoholanddrug free, culminates inaweeklong celebrationat individuals. Archaeology – A – Archaeology Legacy Protected the destinationvillage ortribalcommunity. The CanoeJourney ispartoftheNative taking photographs of Northwest’s cultural renaissance,which ask permission before ask permission before includes canoe carving, language includes canoecarving, Many places around places Many It is always respectful to It is always When in doubt, ask if an is open to the public. event instruction, andothertraditional practices. are typically not accessible to visitors. gatherings or winter dances such as smokehouse as smokehouse such You can help protect the You heritage taking by region’s Chief Seattle Days private lands. private only photographs and leaving or removed from public or from public or removed Suquamish, Port MadisonReservation ceremonial or spiritual events events ceremonial or spiritual sites are protected by law, and law, sites are protected by disturbed not be may artifacts Seattle, from beaches to hiking from beaches Seattle, trails, contain archaeological Native made by artifacts All archaeological Americans. This historiccelebration takesplace cultural centers. By contrast, cultural only footprints. on thethird weekend in August, and venues and in public areas of and venues at tribal events held at outdoor at tribal events includes traditional dancing, canoe includes traditional dancing, races, Native foods andartwork, and aceremony honoringChief Visitors are generally welcome Visitors are generally welcome Seattle. www.suquamish.nsn.us When and Where are are Where When and Visitors Welcome? Visitors Photo by Tim Thompson. Tlingit totem pole, Pioneer Square. Smithsonian Collection / White River Valley Museum. Valley White River Smithsonian Collection / Muckleshoot tribal member Minnie Lobehan wearing wearing tribal member Minnie Lobehan Muckleshoot a traditional cedar bark skirt and cape, with a tumpline a traditional cedar bark skirt and cape, with a tumpline and baskets made of maple bark and bear grass, c.1910. made of maple bark and bear grass, c.1910. and baskets Totem Pole at Pioneer Place, University of University Place, Pioneer at Pole Totem clockwise: credits, image cover Front Vendiola/Southern Monica 26868z; UW Collections, Special Libraries, Washington Cheyenne, photo by Jack Storms; Daybreak Star, photo Wickersham; Tracey by Saaduuts steaming a canoe, courtesy of The hard Center coil for basket Wooden c.1900-1930, Boats; by Sauk Susan Wawetkin Bedal, Seattle Art Northwind Museum; Fishing Weir Legend © Susan Manfredini. Joe Point, Collection, photo by King 1997, County Public Art Burke Museum The Center for Wooden Boats Birthplace of Seattle Monument & Log House Museum 17th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street, at South Park Alki Beach, 3003 61st Avenue SW, 206.938.5293 206.543.5590 1010 Valley Street, 206.382.2628 A monument on Alki Avenue SW marks the location where the The Burke Museum of Natural History and The Center for Wooden Boats’ Carver in landed in 1851, establishing the first non-native Culture is located on the University of Residence, Saaduuts, shares his knowledge settlement on . Washington campus. The Museum exhibits of Haida cultural traditions by working with In 2001, a plaque artifacts from throughout the Pacific Rim, Native and non-native students and other acknowledging including Northwest Coast Native American visitors to carve northern style canoes at the the assistance that masterpiece baskets, archaeological materials, South Lake Union Park Canoe Shed. these first settlers carvings and other artworks. The museum’s www.cwb.org received from the region’s indigenous people was added to the permanent exhibit Pacific Voices includes a monument, one of many efforts in recent years to make the role display about the First Salmon Ceremony, an Seattle Art Museum of Native Americans more visible in the local historical record. The annual gathering held by many 100 University Street, 206.654.3100 nearby Log House Museum offers exhibits and video programs tribes to celebrate the return of the salmon each The Seattle Art Museum in downtown highlighting early contact between Native and non-native people in spring. www.washington.edu/burkemuseum Seattle exhibits a variety of Native American the Seattle area. www.loghousemuseum.org artworks from the Northwest Coast including Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) ceremonial masks, textiles and sculptures Terminal 107 Park and Herring’s House Park 2700 24th Ave East, 206.324.1126 in both traditional and contemporary forms. On the , West Marginal Way & Alaska Street MOHAI’s permanent exhibit Essential Seattle New exhibits highlight Coast Salish culture, These two nearly adjacent parks are lands that were once part features Native American stories and history from and a variety of native plants having cultural of a Duwamish village site, and include protected archaeological throughout the city’s 150 year history. uses are displayed at SAM’s Olympic Song for the Moon, by resources, as well as habitat restoration areas and interpretive Carved bone figure found www.seattlehistory.org Sculpture Park. www.seattleartmuseum.org Shaun Peterson, 2002. on Sucia Island. Burke information about the Duwamish River. Up the hill from the park is Seattle Art Museum. Museum Collection. the Belvedere Viewpoint at 3600 Admiral Way SW, where a story Ivar’s Salmon House & Waterway 15 The Stonington Gallery pole carved by Michael Halady, a descendant of Chief Seattle, was 401 NE Northlake Way, 206.632.0767 119 South Jackson Street, 206.405.4040 dedicated in 2006 to honor the . Ivar’s Salmon House is a cedar replica of a Displays contemporary masterworks of the Pacific Northwest Northwest Coast Indian longhouse located on Coast. www.stoningtongallery.com Tillicum Village the north side of Lake Union. Traditional and Blake Island State Park, 206.933.8600 contemporary Native American artwork and Flury & Company Located across Elliott Bay from downtown historic photographs are on display in the lobby. 322 First Avenue South, 206.587.0260 Seattle, Tillicum Village features a replica On the west side of the building is Waterway Features a collection of Edward S. Curtis photographs of Native Northwest Coast Native American longhouse 15, a “pocket park” and public shoreline access American subjects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. where salmon dinners are served, and point where public art highlights the area’s www.fluryco.com performances highlight Northwest Coast Native heritage. www.ivars.net dances and legends. The Legacy Ltd. www.tillicumvillage.com Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center 1003 First Avenue, 206.624.6350 , 206.285.4425 Offers traditional and contemporary Northwest Coast Indian and North Wind’s Fish Weir Alder smoked salmon Daybreak Star is located in Discovery Park, in the Magnolia Alaskan Native Art. www.thelegacyltd.com S 112th Street off of Pacific Hwy, Tukwila at Tillicum Village on neighborhood. The Indian Cultural Center was established after The Green River Trail, a bike and pedestrian Blake Island. a long occupation of the land, part of a former military base, Pioneer Square trail, crosses the Duwamish River at North Wind’s Fish Weir. This by Native American activists in 1970. Activist leader Bernie First Avenue and Yesler Street place is important in the “Epic of the Winds,” stories Whitebear served as founding director of the United Indians of Pioneer Square, Seattle’s oldest neighborhood, contains many from Puget Sound Salish oral tradition that All Tribes Foundation, which runs a gallery and numerous social layers of Native American heritage. Two Indian villages were once describe the battles between North Wind and cultural programs at the center, serving the local and regional located in the vicinity, and the Lushootseed, or Puget Sound Salish, and South Wind for control of the region. Indian community. www.unitedindians.com name for the area translates as “a little place where The Fish Weir, believed to have been one crosses over.” turned to stone by a powerful being Discovery Park is also the location of the archaeological called Transformer, is visible in the site, a Native American site that was used for more than 4,000 As the settlement of Seattle grew, Pioneer middle of the river at low tide. The years for fishing, clamming, and food processing. The West Point Square remained the city’s historic core. stories are interpreted in a park on site was identified during construction of a water treatment plant The tall stately totem pole in the center of the west side of the river, and are MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & HERITAGE SITES MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & HERITAGE in Discovery Park; artifacts from the collection are housed at the the cobblestone Pioneer Place park seems commemorated in the works of Burke Museum. to be a fitting tribute to Native heritage, four visual artists placed along the although the original totem pole that trail on the east side of the river. graced the park was actually stolen www.4culture.org/publicart from a Tlingit village at Fort Tongass, Artworks in the shape of traditional spirit Alaska by a group of prominent Seattle boards stand as sentinels above the Fish Weir businessmen in 1899. The current site. Northwind Fishing Weir Legend © Susan totem, a 1938 replica created by Point, 1997. King County Public Art Collection, photo by Joe Manfredini. Tlingit carver Charles Brown, was acquired a bit more legitimately by the City of Seattle. A bust of Chief Seattle was created by sculptor Doc Maynard, Seattle pioneer and sub-Indian Agent, James Wehn in 1909, as a study became good friends with Chief Seattle and convinced his for another statue which stands The Suquamish Museum is located fellow settlers to change the name of their new town from at Fifth Avenue and Denny Way. A on the Port Madison Reservation, Duwamps to Seattle in 1852, a year after it was founded. Chief Sealth bust photo 1991 artwork called Day/Night by Edgar less than an hour west of Seattle by Tim Thompson. The Chief’s name was pronounced “See-Yahtlh,” which was Havichi Heap of Birds flanks the bust by car via the Bainbridge Ferry. The difficult for English-speaking settlers to say, so they simplified and comments on the experiences of Native people in Seattle. Museum’s permanent exhibit The it to “Seattle.” The 1864 studio portrait below is the only Occidental Square, one block southeast of Pioneer Place, is Eyes of Chief Seattle displays the known photograph of the famous Indian leader. the setting for several contemporary carvings in traditional history of the original inhabitants of Northwest Coast styles by Duane Pasco. Puget Sound as though Chief Seattle Several museums feature Seattle’s citywide summer celebration, known as SEAFAIR himself were your guide. Nearby are twined baskets made by since 1950, was once called the Golden Festival. several sites of interest including master weavers from cedar “Every part of this country is sacred to my people. Every and other natural materials. The festival boasted parades, races, and community fairs, Chief Seattle’s grave and Old Man and was planned as part of the commemoration of the hillside, every valley, every plain and grove has been Sauk basket by Susan House Park, location of Chief Seattle’s Wawetkin Bedal, Seattle Art Alaska Gold Rush. hallowed by some fond memory or some sad experience of my tribe.” ~ Chief Sealth former home. Museum collection. www.suquamish.nsn.us The potlatch is a ceremonial feast and gift exchange practiced CHIEF SEALTH’S 1854 speech was first printed in the by Northwest Coast Tribes, but it was not traditionally part of Cultural & Research Center local Coast Salish culture. Seattle’s festival was organized by Seattle Sunday Star newspaper in 1887, more than 30 years after the speech was given during treaty negotiations The Makah Museum in Neah Bay, five hours west of Seattle a group of downtown businessmen who dubbed themselves near the Olympic National Park, is a nationally between tribal and territorial leaders. The speech was the “Tillicums of Elttaes.” Tillicum means “friend” in Chinook recognized tribal museum. Permanent exhibits translated by Seattle pioneer Dr. Henry A. Smith. How much jargon, the region’s contact-era trade language, and Elttaes is include artifacts from the Ozette collection, of the speech truly captured the Chief’s words, originally Seattle spelled backwards. uncovered from a Makah village partially spoken in Lushootseed and the Chinook trade jargon, and buried by a mudslide nearly 500 years ago. DID YOU KNOW? YOU DID Chief Seattle portrait, Libraries, how much reflected Smith’s flourishes of Victorian English www.makah.com/mcrchome.htm Special Collections, NA1511 cannot be determined, but the speech is known throughout FURTHER AFIELD FURTHER the world as a powerful statement from an Indian leader Snoqualmie Falls about the relationship between a people and the earth. Read Located less than an hour east of Seattle by car, Snoqualmie Falls is the full speech at www.suquamish.nsn.us.

CHIEF SEALTH’S SPEECH CHIEF SEALTH’S one of Washington’s premier tourist destinations, and is a sacred site for the Snoqualmie Tribe. Snoqualmie Falls plays an important role ATTRACTIONS MAP in tribal stories, including the Lushootseed origin story, “Moon, the Transformer,” which teaches that salmon were given to the people Daybreak Star by Moon for their subsistence. The Snoqualmie Tribe has worked for many years to preserve Snoqualmie Falls as a pristine natural site Ivar’s Salmon House “for all people, for all time.” A park with viewing platforms and hiking Burke Museum trails provides public access. www.snoqualmiefalls.com

Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center MOHAI Cultural items found at an Eld Inlet village site in Southern Puget Sound form one of the main exhibits in the Squaxin Island Museum Library and Research Center, located approximately one and a half The Center for hours southeast of Seattle. www.squaxinislandmuseum.org Wooden Boats Seattle Art Museum Yakama Nation Cultural Heritage Center Located in Toppenish, three hours east of Seattle, the Yakama Nation Cultural Heritage Birthplace of Seattle Center interprets the history and culture of the Plateau and Columbia River Basin people. www.yakamamuseum.com Pioneer Square In addition to the tribal museums listed above, several community history museums in the Puget Sound region include interesting exhibits on local Native American culture and history, including the White Tillicum Village River Valley Museum in Auburn and the Washington Blake Island North Wind’s Weir State History Museum in Tacoma. More information is available at visitseattle.org/cultural.

Herring’s House Park Photo courtesy of Toppenish Chamber of Commerce.