Muckleshoot fishermen Dezi Louie, wearing red, and Levi Hamilton join other tribal boats for a chum opening on Elliott Bay. Their ancestors could never have imagined this cityscape, but they knew when signing the treaty with the US that their people would need to be able to continue to travel to hunt, fish, and gather as they always have. The treaty right to fish was insisted on by tribes when pressed to sign treaties with the US in 1855 that cleared the way for White settlement. 225314
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5/13/1966 13-Mile Walk on Friday the 13th Members of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe walked past the Muckleshoot Community Hall east of Auburn today at the beginning of their Auburn Federal Way trek to cell attention to their dispute with the sate over fishing rights. Fewer than 50 sign carrying marchers participated in the 13-mile walk.

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A panel has been removed that covered the door plug on a Boeing 737-9 Max near an Alaska Airlines hangar at SEA Thursday, January 11, 2024. Four bolts and 12 stop fittings held the door plug in place. 225946

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