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258 stories matching indigen
- Colville Agency Indigenous Displacement
Newspaper reports indicate that Indigenous people at the Colville Agency in Washington Territory are being actively forced off their ancestral lands by encroaching white settlers.
- The Landmark Case of an Indigenous Heir
A court ruling recognizes a marriage between a white pioneer and a niece of Chief Seattle, potentially shifting land title laws across the region.
- The Fugitive 'Dude'
A local Indigenous man is pursued by the sheriff for an alleged land fraud scheme involving Puyallup tribal property.
- The Neah Bay Sealing Conflict
A local captain alleges a corrupt scheme involving a government agent and a private trader to monopolize the sealing industry at the expense of Indigenous laborers.
- Suspicion of Murder in the O’Brien Hop Fields
An Indigenous man is found dead in his cabin, sparking a desperate plea for justice from his grieving family.
- Territorial Governor Orders Segregated Schooling
Governor Isaac I. Stevens enforces new restrictions on Indigenous student access to public education in Olympia.
- The Governor’s Ultimatum on Indigenous Land
Governor Isaac I. Stevens issues a public warning regarding unauthorized settlement on lands reserved for Indigenous use.
- Federal Officials Move to Ban Private Indigenous Land Claims
Federal Indian agents warn that private acquisition of land from Indigenous people without government oversight is strictly prohibited.
- Yakima Agency Indians Protest Government Austerity
Tribal leaders challenge federal budget cuts and the encroachment of non-Indigenous residents on reservation land.
- Federal Court Rules on Tribal Status for Indigenous Soldiers
A landmark legal decision determines that enlistment in the U.S. Army does not exempt Indigenous men from the jurisdiction of the Indian Bureau.
- Smuggling Scandal at Mary Island
A customs official is dismissed for allegedly allowing small craft to run illegal liquor shipments to Indigenous populations, sparking a debate on enforcement limits.
- A.A. Denny Challenges Ambiguous Indigenous Voting Law
A territorial legislator objected to unclear rules for Indigenous enfranchisement, warning that local election judges would decide voter eligibility inconsistently.
- Matrimonial Tangle at West Seattle
A physical altercation erupts in West Seattle when two men, a Tulalip man and a Vancouver miner, both claim the same woman as their wife.
- A Hostage Standoff on the First Road
A historical account of the 1858 construction of Whatcom County’s first road, involving an armed confrontation with Indigenous locals.
- The Great Clam Bake of 1885
A Seattle party crosses the Sound to Port Blakely, where local Indigenous hosts treat the visitors to a massive, traditional clam bake that captures the awe and appetite of the pioneer era.
- An Indigenous Man Challenges a Broken Contract
A legal dispute over a fishing net reveals the tension between Indigenous property rights and the courts.
- Hop Growers Pivot to Families as Labor Crisis Looms
With smallpox concerns keeping Indigenous pickers away, farmers in White River and Puyallup valleys appeal to white families to harvest the crop.
- The Skagit Farm Courtroom Battle
A landmark inheritance case hinged on the validity of an 1880s marriage between a white settler and a Swinomish woman.
- The Snoqualmie Hop Field Massacre
A contract labor dispute turns deadly as vigilantes attack Chinese workers in the Snoqualmie Valley.
- Seattle’s Late-Night Policing of Indigenous Women
A 1873 ordinance allowed police to criminalize Indigenous women as 'vagrants' for simply being out after dark.
- The Umatilla Disaster: A Harrowing Sea Rescue
After striking rocks off Cape Flattery in a blinding snowstorm, the crew of the steamship Umatilla survived a perilous escape, aided by local Indigenous people.
- Federal Directive Protects Indigenous Land Occupancy
A government order instructs land offices to refuse entries by white settlers on land already cultivated by Indigenous people.
- The Last Survivor of the 1856 Siege
Admiral Thomas Stowell Phelps, who helped defend a fragile Seattle from the woods near Yesler's Mill, recounts the terror and strategic maneuvers of the Battle of Seattle.
- The Ghost Mine of Tietan Basin
For twenty-three years, Judge Nelson has hunted the secret silver ledge revealed by an Indigenous man, but the secret died with him.
- The Fight for Indigenous Names on Territorial Maps
A territorial legislator argues that replacing English place names with Indigenous ones will stop mail from being misdirected and honor the region's history.