![]() In 1977, the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center was completed. In 1970, a nonviolent demonstration, led by Bernie Whitebear (Sin Aikst), Bob Satiacum (Puyallup) resulted in a plan for a new park for the greater public, with the United Indians People’s Council receiving a 99-year lease for 20 acres of the surplus military land. In 1965, when there was a proposal to cede the military land to the City of Seattle, the United Indians People’s Council cited rights under the 1865 US-Indian treaties, which promised “the reversion of surplus military land to their original landowners.” Several of the army buildings remain and are used today. In 1974 it became City of Seattle property, although Fort Lawton remained a post until 2012. Army post, used through World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. ![]() Subsequently, the park became Fort Lawton U.S. The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliot forced removal of Native Americans to reservations. Ancestors of the Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations met here to trade goods, share stories, gather seafood, hunt game, and many other activities. The original name for this place is PKa’dz Eltue (phonically: pa-uq-dz-al-tsu) meaning “thrust far out” (a map of Magnolia Bluff makes the name immediately obvious). Prior to 1855, the lands and waters in this location were inhabited for centuries by the Salish peoples. Love our cheap ideas? Get our FREE email newsletters.Ĭhoose from daily, weekly, and monthly lists:
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