In this photograph believed to be from the mid 1880s, a group of Puyallup Indians gathers on the shore of the Puget Sound to gamble. The game they are playing appears to be the bone game, where two teams of 10-12 sit opposite each other. One team has four bones which they pass to the distracting accompaniment of the pounding of sticks and singing of chants. The other team must guess who has the bones. In the background are longboats and a bridge. The Puyallup village during this time period was believed to be at the foot of South 15th St. KING-003, TPL 2897.

Front of Photo:
DEAD AT 66--Yakima Indian fishing rights activist David Sohappy Senior stands on the bank of the Columbia River in front of an old fishing platform at Cooks Landing, Washington, in this November 1990 file photo. Sohappy died Monday at Hood River Care Center in Oregon. Sohappy had been in ill health since suffering a stroke in 1988.
Associated Press File Photo, 1990

Front of Photo:
WHITE SWAN, WASHINGTON -- SOHAPPY BURIED -- Mourners circle the grave of David Sohappy Sr. during his funeral service Thursday on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Sohappy, a well-known fishing rights activist, died on Monday.
Associated Press Photo

Back of Photo:
Bill Sterud

Front of Photo:
Photo by Bruce A. Kellman

Young native Americans dance to the rhythm of hot jazz at the annual gathering for the harvesting of the hop crop in Puyallup Valley. Audoma Park, 2 miles from Puyallup, has been reserved by its owner A. E. Applegate as a meeting place for the tribes. A dance floor has been set up for the younger tribesmen. A large group of men, women and children assemble on an outdoor concrete floor. Wires are strung from poles across the floor to hold a center light. A group of four musicians plays music from a sheltered wooden stage. Each year many of the tribes of Washington and British Columbia gathered in the Puyallup Valley at harvest time to pick crops and socialize with other tribes. (T. Times 8/30/1934, pg. 1)

Indians of North America--Social life; Migrant agricultural laborers--Puyallup--1930-1940; Migrant laborers--1930-1940; Hops; Dance floors--Puyallup--1930-1940; Dance parties;

Indian Festival. Photograph ordered by the News Tribune. Girls in native American costumes pose in a grassy area, with the Puget Sound in the background. (filed with Argentum)

Costumes--Native American;

Back of photo: Tribal Leaders

Back of photo: Cascadia- Indian Tile Uncovered, Cascadia Juvenile Diagnostic Center

Back of photo: Cascadia Juvenile Reception Diagnostic Center Photograph by Jerry Buck

Back of Photo:
Ramona Bennett

Oral history interview with former Puyallup Tribal Council Member, Ramona Bennett. Interviewed by dindria barrow on April 2, 2022, in the Digital Media Lab of the Tacoma Public Library. Ramona discusses her views on Indian and Indigenous rights, the people she encountered on her advocacy journey and how she continues living during difficult times. Ramona reminds us that “things shift slowly”, to “love whoever is left” after someone passes away, to put “just one foot after the other” and that her people live on because of “all the ways we pray are so hard”.

A Native American chief in headdress and buckskins gazes at the remainder of downed trees on November 27, 1954. He is standing on a trailer hitch of the large truck that will haul the giant peeler log through the streets of Bellingham as part of a parade. Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. had arranged for several giant Douglas firs to be cut and transported for this special parade. Photograph ordered by Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. TPL-8281

Indians of North America--Bellingham; Logs;

On January 18, 1928, two unidentified Native American women were photographed weaving baskets while seated outside a wood-framed building. They have their heads down as they concentrate on their work. TPL-1546; G4.1-048

Indigenous peoples; Basket making;

ca. 1890. "Chief Seattle's daughter" in Seattle.

Image title: Twin child healer. The North American Indian, v. 10, p. 94.

Indians of North America--Kwakiutl--1910-1920; Healers--Indians of North America;

Image title: With her proudly decked horse - Cayuse. The North American Indian, v. 8, p. 60.

Indians of North America--Nez Percé--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: Flathead mother. The North American Indian, v. 7, p. 70.

Indians of North America--Salishan--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

ca. 1912. A Primitive Quinault woman. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis. Scanned from Asahel Curtis lantern slide. Original print appears in The North American Indian, v.9 Plate # 293. The territory of the Quinaults extends along the coast from the Hoqium River to the Queets river. The tribe was less migratory than most of the north Pacific coast. They travelled to hunt and gather no further than a day or two from their home, although they did participate in limited whaling. They lived primarily off the abundant fish in their local rivers.

Indians of North America--Quinault--1910-1920; Women--Indians of North America;

Image title: Spearing salmon - Wishham. The North American Indian, sippl. 8. plate 276.

Indians of North America--Wishham--1910-1920; Men--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Fishing;

Image title: Joseph - Nez Percé. The North American Indian, vol. 8, p. 24.

Indians of North America--Nez Percé--1910-1920; Men--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: A young Yakima. The North American Indian, v. 7, p. 12.

Indians of North America--Yakima--1910-1920; Men--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Portraits;

Image title: Travaux - Piegan. The North American Indian, suppl. 6, plate 193.

Indians of North America--Piegan--1900-1920; Ceremonies--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Travel;

Image title: A Haida Chief's tomb at Yan. The North American Indian, suppl. 11, plate 397.

Indians of North America--Haida--1910-1920; Death and burial--Indians of North America; Indians of North America--Tombs and sepulchral monuments;

Indians on foot in Grandstand with bows and arrows.

Fully costumed Indians on horseback parading through Grandstand.

Native Americans parading on horseback around Grandstand.

Two Native American men, warrior Black Eagle, right, warrior Many Wounds, left.

Two Native American boys. On back: Nez Perce scouts.

Young Native American. On back: Nez Perce war dancer.

Native American in headdress on horseback.