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The Port’s allegations opened old wounds for tribal leaders who have fought for decades to hold the river’s polluters accountable, said Leonard Forsman, chairman of the Suquamish Tribe, which has fishing rights on the river.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2023

“This Chinook run, it was probably one of the biggest Chinook runs in the Salish Sea,” said Rob Purser, Suquamish fisheries director, speaking of pre-colonial times.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

It was Oliver’s dream to see 100 canoes from nations up and down the region land together on the shores, his daughter Marylin Bard said at a ceremony in Suquamish on Saturday.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023

The city is the namesake of Chief Si’ahl, as written in the Lushootseed language, who led both his mother’s Duwamish and father’s Suquamish people.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

“But, technically speaking, Suquamish villages were built on both sides of the Sound. So their reservation is across from us, but this whole region counts as our ancestral territory.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day