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Writing contest champions share their winning letters

Writing contest champions share their winning letters

Three Washington students showed that the emotional power and inspiration of the written word is as strong as ever. The three state champions in this year’s Letters About Literature contest read aloud their winning entries before a large audience in the Capitol Friday, sharing life lessons they learned from authors who inspired them. Sponsored by the Washington State Library – a division of the Office of Secretary of State – and the Library of Congress, the competition encourages students to…

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Rural Heritage helps completion of Nisqually tribal collection

Rural Heritage helps completion of Nisqually tribal collection

Canoers paddling near La Push just before sunset. (Photos courtesy Allen Frazier) Since its creation in 2007, the Washington Rural Heritage program has helped many local libraries, museums and other history-based organizations throughout the state compile, digitize and present historical photos of their communities. The Rural Heritage program, part of the Washington State Library, just completed its most recent project: the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s “The Canoe Journeys – a Nisqually Perspective” collection, which documents the tribe’s participation in the annual…

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Launching Saturday: new book about tribal icon Billy Frank Jr.

Launching Saturday: new book about tribal icon Billy Frank Jr.

He’s one of the most famous Native Americans in Washington history, and an instrumental figure in the long and sometimes bitter battle over Indian fishing rights. A new and privately funded book about the life of Nisqually tribal leader Billy Frank Jr. is officially being launched Saturday afternoon in Olympia. The book is entitled “Where the Salmon Runs: The Life and Legacy of Billy Frank Jr.” The book launch is from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at The Evergreen State College…

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From Your Corner: Nisqually’s name

From Your Corner: Nisqually’s name

It’s the name of the small town and valley located between Tacoma and Olympia, the name of the Native American tribe whose reservation is between Lacey and Yelm, the name of the much-photographed glacier (shown below) near Paradise on the south side of Mount Rainier, and the name of the river flowing from said glacier to Puget Sound. Nisqually’s name comes from French explorers, who called the natives nez quarre, meaning “square nose,” and was altered by the natives’ inability…

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