Indigenous Voices Podcast
Advancing Native voices in the telling of Puget Sound history.
In 2021, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum brought together a panel of historians to discuss the legacy of the Puget Sound Treaty War (1855-1856). With representatives from the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, Steilacoom, and Squaxin Island Tribes, as well as Fort Nisqually Living History Museum and HistoryLink, the panel introduced a new dialogue among diverse communities impacted by the War and its aftermath.
The Indigenous Voices Podcast is an extension of this award winning series. The podcast uplifts tribal voices in the telling of Puget Sound history, sharing tribal knowledge and expertise with wider audiences.
Questions, Comments, or Topic Suggestions? Contact us at: [email protected].
Podcast Episodes
The Boldt Decision of 1970 upended the fishing industry in Washington State, resulting in a slew of court cases over the next 5 decades. In episode 11, participants discuss a […]
The Centennial Accord, signed in 1989, is an agreement between the State of Washington and Washington State’s federally recognized Tribes to improve government-to-government relationships. In this episode of Indigenous Voices, […]
The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 protects the rights of Native Americans to practice their traditional religions guaranteeing access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and […]
Article 3 of the Medicine Creek Treaty reads, “The right of taking fish, at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations, is further secured to said Indians in common with […]
Article 3 of the Medicine Creek Treaty reads, “The right of taking fish, at all usual and accustomed grounds and stations, is further secured to said Indians in common with […]
The Dawes Act of 1887 allowed the federal government to divide tribal lands into 160-acre allotments. These allotments were then assigned to individual tribal members with the goal of assimilating […]
The Dawes Act of 1887 allowed the federal government to divide tribal lands into 160-acre allotments. These allotments were then assigned to individual tribal members with the goal of assimilating […]
The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 decreased federal control of Native affairs, returned surplus lands to the tribes, and encouraged tribal self-governance. In episode 6, participants discuss the state or […]
The United States’ boarding school program was designed to strip Native children of their culture by isolating them from their families and placing them into militant style, religious boarding schools. […]
The United States’ boarding school program was designed to strip Native children of their culture by isolating them from their families and placing them into militant style, religious boarding schools. […]
Resource Library
Tribal Websites
Primary Sources
- Medicine Creek Treaty Minutes (1854)
- The Omaha Treaty Minutes (1854)
- Dawes Act (1887)
- United States v. Winans 1905
- Tulee v. Washington 1942
- Satiacum v. Washington 1973
- Boldt Decision Litigation Background Files, ca. 1968-1978
- American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1978)
- Centennial Accord between the Federally Recognized Indian Tribes in Washington State and the State of Washington
Articles
- The Isaac I. Stevens and Joel Palmer Treaties, 1855-2005
- Medicine Creek to Fox Island: Cadastral Scams and Contested Domains
- Medicine Creek Remediated: Isaac Stevens and the Puyallup Nisqually, and Muckleshoot Land Settlement at Fox Island, August 4, 1856
- Supreme Court in S. v. Winans hands down first Native American fishing rights case in 1905
- S. Supreme Court in Tulee x. Washington upholds some Native American treaty fishing rights on March 30, 1942
- State Supreme Court issues a narrow ruling regarding treaty fishing rights in State of Washington c Satiacum on July 1, 1957
- Native Americans and supporters stage fish-in to protest denial of treaty rights on March 2, 1964
- The Fish-in Protests at Franks Landing
- Boldt Decision: United States v. State of Washington
- United States Department of Justice sues the state of Washington over treaty fishing rights on September 18, 1970
Media
- Reservation Dogs
- 1883
- Indian Horse
- Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s
- The Boldt Decision Explained
Other
- Since Time Immemorial Curriculum
- Federal Indian Boarding School investigative Report
- The Fish Wars online lessons by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
- Backlash to Bolt online lesson by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
- University of Washington resources for United States v Washington (Boldt Decision)
- American Indian Movement (AIM)
Listen on:
iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- Watch the 4-part panel series on YouTube
- Visit the Indigenous Voices web page
- Learn more about Fort Nisqually
This project is supported by Pierce County Historic Preservation Grant and Fort Nisqually Foundation
