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  • Tags: Fort Lawton

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A photograph of the front entrance to the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center.

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A photograph of the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center located on Bernie Whitebear Way in Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington.

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An article in The New York Times reporting on the arrest of American Indians trying to occupy Fort Lawton in Seattle, Washington.

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Part of a series depicting troops assembling at Fort Lawton before embarking to China for the Boxer Rebellion.

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An article in The Seattle Times reporting on the nonviolent protests occurring over the return of the Fort Lawton surplus lands to Indians in the City of Seattle. This article highlights comments from Indian leaders of the demonstrations and their…

1977_05_18_Seattle Weekly_The Indians Arts Center That Nobody Thought Would Happen(1).v2.jpg
An article in the Seattle Weekly several years after the events of the Fort Lawton Takeover. Article describes the struggle for the Fort Lawton lands and the activities that now take place at the Daybreak Star Arts Center, the center dedicated to…

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An article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer months after the initial occupation attempts of Fort Lawton. Article includes excerpts of interview with Bernie Whitebear, one of the Indian activist leaders who organized the demonstrations around Fort…

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An editorial article in the City Collegian of Seattle Community College. Article encouraging the college to commit to helping the Indian activists at Fort Lawton and to endorse the planned use by Indians of the Fort Lawton grounds.

1970_04_03_Associated Press_Fort Lawton Military Defeats Indian Attack.v2.jpg
An Associated Press article entitled, "Fort Lawton Military Defeats Indian Attack." Article describes another round of attempts and demonstrations by American Indian activists to gain a foothold on the grounds of Fort Lawton that failed and resulted…

1970_03_17_Bremerton Sun_The Indian Siege of Fort Lawton.v2.jpg
An editorial article in the Bremerton Sun describing the occupation of Fort Lawton and general activism in a belittling tone. Article argues for the development of reservations rather than the turning over of Fort Lawton and is an example of the…
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