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HeraldNet - People of the salmon<br>
January 9, 2000<br>
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Lectures to share tribal influence on region<br>
By PAM McGAFFIN Herald Writer<br>
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TULALIP -- Confucius said, "Study the past if you<br>
would divine the future."<br>
Anyone hoping to "divine" the future of the Tulalip<br>
Tribes might want to<br>
attend a lecture series beginning Jan. 20 that looks<br>
at the past and present<br>
of "the people of the salmon."<br>
Co-sponsored by the tribes and the Marysville School<br>
District, the series<br>
will feature Tulalip tribal members speaking on five<br>
weekly topics,<br>
including the history of the reservation, economic<br>
development, arts and<br>
language, and generational perspectives on education.<br>
Raymond Fryberg, who has researched Tulalip history,<br>
is scheduled to speak<br>
Jan. 27 about treaties and the establishment of the<br>
reservation.<br>
The tribes' ancestors played a major role in the<br>
history of the region and<br>
the state, he said, but little has been shared about<br>
that influence.<br>
How many know, for example, that Indians in the<br>
Snohomish County area were<br>
efficient traders who helped their white trading<br>
partners establish early<br>
settlements and trading relationships with other<br>
tribes in Canada and<br>
Alaska?<br>
The Snohomish Indians, who later became part of the<br>
Tulalip Tribes, guided<br>
Hudson's Bay Co. traders to what became Fort Langley<br>
on the banks of the<br>
Fraser River near Vancouver, British Columbia, Fryberg<br>
said.<br>
The 1827 settlement, known as the birthplace of<br>
British Columbia, is<br>
credited with pioneering the export of salmon and<br>
introducing commercial<br>
farming to the area.<br>
The Tulalips, named for the narrow-mouthed bay where<br>
their headquarters are<br>
located, are descendants of the people who signed the<br>
1855 Treaty of Point<br>
Elliott.<br>
In the treaty, the tribes gave up a large amount of<br>
land mostly east of<br>
Puget Sound and agreed to settle on reservations. The<br>
Indians also<br>
maintained the right to fish at their "usual and<br>
accustomed" grounds.<br>
Nearly 150 years later, the Tulalips have worked<br>
toward increased<br>
self-sufficiency with a casino off the freeway and<br>
plans for a large<br>
business park and retail center near I-5 and 88th<br>
Street NE.<br>
"It's been part of our culture to be productive and<br>
hard working," Fryberg<br>
said. "I think we did a lot of long-range planning<br>
just as our ancestors did<br>
for us in securing the treaty."<br>
A knowledge of history is important to present and<br>
future generations of<br>
Tulalips, he said.<br>
"We understand that in order to know where we're<br>
going, we have to know<br>
where we came from," said Fryberg, a drug- and<br>
alcohol-abuse prevention<br>
specialist on the reservation. "We're now realizing<br>
the importance of<br>
self-identity and the self-esteem that goes with it."<br>
One of the goals of the lecture series is to increase<br>
understanding of the<br>
tribes by educators and the public.<br>
A similar lecture series about four years ago was<br>
"packed every night," said<br>
Sheryl Fryberg, Indian education coordinator for the<br>
Marysville School<br>
District and Raymond's wife.<br>
Teachers and school district personnel, in particular,<br>
want as much<br>
information as they can get about the tribes, she<br>
said. Eventually, she<br>
added, the Tulalips would like to do quarterly<br>
lectures or training<br>
sessions.<br>
The upcoming lecture series will be presented at the<br>
Tulalip Boys & Girls<br>
Club at 7707 36th Ave. NW.<br>
In addition to Fryberg, the speakers and their topics<br>
include: Wayne<br>
Williams, history; Marilyn Sheldon, economic<br>
development; Henry Gobin, arts<br>
and language; and Dawn Simpson, her daughter, Debbie<br>
Brown, and her<br>
granddaughter, Shonta Retasket-Truong, generational<br>
perspectives on<br>
education.<br>
The classes are free for those not seeking university<br>
credit. The series may<br>
be taken for one or two credits from Antioch<br>
University. The cost is $30 per<br>
credit, and attendees must go to all five sessions.<br>
Registration will occur<br>
at the first lecture.<br>
Proceeds will support scholarships for minority<br>
students and the<br>
teacher-certification program.<br>
All the lectures are scheduled for 7 to 9 p.m. on<br>
Thursdays, from Jan. 20<br>
through Feb. 24. The dinner before the first lecture<br>
is scheduled to begin<br>
at 6:30 p.m. Call 425-653-0823 to make dinner<br>
reservations by Friday.<br>
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You can call Herald Writer Pam McGaffin at<br>
425-339-3429<br>
or send e-mail to mcgaffin@heraldnet.com .<br>
Comments: newmedia@heraldnet.com<br>
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