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Washington State Library honors Native American Heritage Month

Washington State Library honors Native American Heritage Month

Earlier this fall, a team of WSL staff members worked together to create a few displays in the library to honor Native American Heritage Month.  As a state and a federal depository, the Library houses many documents of historical value and significance, such as tribal treaties and maps. Highlights from our Pacific Northwest collection include poetry, fiction and nonfiction by Indigenous authors as well as books on Native art traditions and artists. Many of Washington’s Indigenous communities also publish their…

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Sunday Canoe landing, “Paddle to Squaxin 2012”

Sunday Canoe landing, “Paddle to Squaxin 2012”

This Sunday marks the 24th annual Canoe Journey, a colorful event that has helped  strengthen the cultural ties of Pacific Northwest coastal tribes. Every summer a different tribe hosts the canoe landing.  This year, hundreds of canoes will paddle to the Port of Olympia where they will be welcomed by the Squaxin Island Tribe to participate in a week of potlatch ceremonies to celebrate the resurgence of coastal Salish traditions. Cedar canoes served the indigenous tribes of the coastal Pacific…

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