Visit the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center
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Visit The Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center today
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Closed Sundays 4705 W Marginal Way SW, Seattle, 98106 |
The Duwamish Tribe raised money to buy back their People's own territory to build the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center in 2008. The Longhouse is a gathering place the Tribe graciously shares with the larger community with free monthly public events, an art gallery, museum, gift shop, as well as tribal offices.
Watch
-Promised Land, a social justice documentary that follows the Duwamish and the Chinook, as they fight for the restoration of treaty rights they've long been denied
-Princess Angeline, a documentary about the Duwamish and the history of their unrecognized tribal status told through the story of the daughter of Chief Seattle. Available at the Seattle Public Library.
Listen
-Money Well Spent, interview with Chairperson Cecile Hansen on KNKX at minute 22:20.
Read
-City Arts Magazine: Real Rent Right Now
-Duwamish Tribe Vows to Keep Fighting for Recognition, Despite Last Week's Decision
-Seattle School Board Calls for Federal Recognition of the Duwamish Tribe
-City Lab: A Native American Tribe Gets Rent as Reparations in Seattle
-Yes! Magazine: Rent is Recognition & Restitution for Seattle's Native Inhabitants