The Power of Indigenous Protest and the Birth of Daybreak Star Cultural Center
by
Vera Parham
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
On September 27, 1975, activist Bernie Whitebear (Sin Aikst) and Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman broke ground on former Fort Lawton lands, just outside Seattle Washington, for the construction of the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center. The groundbreaking was the culmination of years of negotiations and...