Category Archives: First Nations

Last year, when I returned to the USA from overseas, I bought an urban condominium apartment in West Seattle. I chose the neighborhood for its ethnic diversity, its convenience, and its excellent access to swimming pools. (Yes, I am unusually passionate about swimming pools, but that is a different subject, for a different blog!) IContinue reading “The Condo and the Longhouse”

It’s me again, one week older, and still learning the basics of native history around the Puget Sound. I’m looking for information on land “reservations.” These lands are apparently allocated to the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, Suquamish, Tulalip and Squaxin Island Tribes. A jumble of unruly questions comes to mind . . . What was the chainContinue reading “Back to Basics”