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West Seattle Herald/Whlte Center News Wednesday, March 12, 1997 7
MORE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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and several other Duwamish Indi-
ans, weave their colorful, beautiful
designs and baskets, by hand, sit-
ting on the sidewalk, next to the
wall of the Frederick and Nelson
department store on Second
Avenue. They always had an audi-
ence to watch their nimble fingers
creating their baskets.
At a recent meeting, James Ras-
mussen brought an Indian wooden
paddle that was given to him when
he was young, a custom of the tribe,
so they could paddle their canoes,
which were hollowed out by hand
and primitive tools. The paddle is
beautifully made.
Chairperson of the Duwamish
Tribe, Cecile Hansen, a dynamic
person, at one time laid down in
front of a bulldozer that was clear-
ing some land (Duwamish Indian
territory) and refused to move,
thereby saving an area of known
Duwamish Indian artifacts.
The Duwamish Indian Tribe has
many friends and supporters and
they have done so much for Seattle.
The Duwamish Indian Tribe is
working with the Port of Seattle and
the City Parks Department to obtain
7.25 acres to create a Duwamish
Cultural Center and Museum. Plans
include a Ionghouse and Indian Vil-
lage. This property, on the
Duwamisb River, was originally
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Seattle Golf Course
Door Step
~DOMINIUMS
• " situated
cattle Golf Course.
of nearby shopping
weren't enough, downtown
away --WOW.
Chickie Hanin at 937-8038
home today !
,950 -- $239,500.
Duwamish Territory. future demise due to warming,with the prey, the mansion on the
We are all excited about this and wind, rain, flood, ice, earthquake, hill as well as the shanty in the
pray we will be successful. It would volcanic eruption, collisions with alley. The beggar will be the same
be a great educational place for other heavenly bodies and many as the king, the poor as good as the
school children, as well as all of other imaginary doomsday scenar- rich, the weak, the strong, the ugly,
Seattle, to tell the story, in actuality, los. the beautiful. No life on earth would
of the first people of Seattle. Based on what can be surmisedbe spared ... not white, black, yel-
The Duwamish Indians are my and theorized about the earth's low, red or tan, not the monkey in
friends and I would be very grateful stormy past, as apparently recorded the tree nor the fish in the sea. All
if the government could give the in the thin cooled crust of its sur- will become equal at last, but don't
Duwamish Indian Tribe federal face, there seems little quarrel with hold your breath for the next billion
recognition, which is so deserving any destructive possibility, years.
to them and all of us. Personally, I favor the indiscrimi- Carl P. Henry
Erma L. Schwartz nate force of some heavenly colli- Junction
Gatewood sion. It will take the predator along
Disaster-mania
End-of-world
should take all
Editor:
Lately, earth's so-called "human
factor" has been overwhelmed,
frightened and entertained with sce-
narios from Hollywood and the sci-
entific community about earth's
ii!i;;!: " -
LEI"IrERS
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