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Our new Native American exhibit is up!

Our new Native American exhibit is up!

Over the past couple of weeks, some of our staffers have shown off their interior design and home improvement skills as they’ve transformed our office’s front lobby. The sounds of hammers and power drills have been commonplace, as have scenes of co-workers standing high on ladders to remove displays and patch holes in walls. All of this has been done to take down one interesting exhibit and replace it with another that is sure to capture the attention and amazement…

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Annals of old Angeline

Annals of old Angeline

As National Poetry Month draws to a close, we stumbled upon a quaint obituary poem in our Digital Collections. Annals of old Angeline : “Mika Yahoos delate klosch!,” was written by Bertha Piper Venen in 1903 to honor a beloved icon of early Seattle. Princess Angeline, originally named Kikisoblu, was the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle.  She was also one of the few natives who stayed in Seattle after most relocated to the Port Madison Reservation in the mid-1800s.  Angeline worked…

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WSL Updates for December 23, 2010

WSL Updates for December 23, 2010

Volume 6, December 23, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) NAVIGATING THE RIVER OF CHANGE WITH PNLA 2) GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES 3) EARLY LEARNING GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIPS 4) CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS – ARCHIVED WEBINAR SERIES 5) PROQUEST PLATFORM MIGRATION MATERIALS

WSL Updates for November 24, 2010

WSL Updates for November 24, 2010

Volume 6, November 24, 2010 for the WSL Updates mailing list Topics include: 1) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT FACT SHEETS RELEASED 2) MISSING NEWSPAPER ISSUES 3) STEPHEN ABRAMS – LIBRARIES AT THE TIPPING POINT 4) LAURA BUSH GRANT PROVIDES BOOKS FOR K-12 LIBRARIES 5) GETTING READY IN INDIAN COUNTRY 6) FREE CE OPPORTUNITIES NEXT WEEK