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