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 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. […]
Season 2, Episode 1 of the Indigenous Voices Podcast focuses on the Fox Island Council, the reasons communities moved into this camp, and the conditions they lived in. Season 1 […]
Monuments and memorials to the Treaty War can be found throughout Western Washington. Many of these monuments were placed over a century ago and reflect a one-sided and racist view […]
Monuments and memorials to the Treaty War can be found throughout Western Washington. Many of these monuments were placed over a century ago and reflect a one-sided and racist view […]
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, formally Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, was established in 1974 as part of the National Park Service’s Registry of Natural Landmarks. The refuge is also […]
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, formally Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, was established in 1974 as part of the National Park Service’s Registry of Natural Landmarks. The refuge is also […]
In September 2022, the Puget Sound Treaty War Panel series was recognized, along with 52 other recipients nationwide, by the American Association for State and Local History for a Leadership […]
In September 2022, the Puget Sound Treaty War Panel series was recognized, along with 52 other recipients nationwide, by the American Association for State and Local History for a Leadership […]
In the 6th episode, we discuss tribal sovereignty and how sovereignty relates to intergovernmental relationships and tribal identity. While the term itself is often understood as a legal recognition of […]
In this episode we discuss how modern language revitalization programs are connected to tribal identity and tribal resilience. We speak with two language keepers, Janice Hicks-Bullchild, a language student from […]
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
