Kikisoblu, Princess Angeline (title and name given her by a white woman), daughter of Chief Seattle, is seen on many pos | dG1fTWlycnE4Y3JWZ3c
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00:00In the beginning, way before Seattle became a city, who were the people who lived here?
00:18Where are they now?
00:20As you look around this city today, there is no way to know that the Duwamish tribe
00:25ever existed and that they are still here.
00:29And the local totem poles come from other tribes and are not part of Duwamish culture.
00:36One Duwamish image, that of Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle, does survive on
00:42postcards and souvenir items, but more as a symbol of a lost culture, a people of the
00:49past.
00:51Why does the U.S. government refuse to recognize the Duwamish tribe?
00:56Why has so much history been erased?
01:10While the Duwamish were struggling to retain a foothold in or near their traditional homes,
01:16the population of Seattle rose from over 3,500 to 42,000 in just one decade, from
01:231880 to 1890.
01:27Such rapid urban growth continued to push out the Duwamish, who lived near all the key
01:33rivers and waterways.
01:41Lake Union John narrowly escaped hanging by a lynch mob when he was a young man in the
01:461850s.
01:48The mob managed to hang two Indians, who also lived on Lake Union, because they were suspected
01:55of killing a white man.
01:58Lake Union John lived to be a canoe builder and a guide.
02:18So close was this couple that Lake Union John hosted a large farewell party for her with
02:25over 100 guests, as she wanted to say goodbye to her friends shortly before her death.
02:33He sold half his land to host this gathering.
02:37It is said that he had to renounce his tribal membership and pledge to live like a white
02:42man in order to buy and sell land.
02:46His friendship with an early settler made it possible for him to be buried in Seattle,
02:52his last wish.