terrance sabbas from the 206 singers

Jingle dancers from Suquamish Renewal Powwow in March 2008.

Traditional hand-made cedar canoes return to the Northwest Coast after near extinction during the 20th Century. Salish carver Joseph Waterhouse and Maori voyager Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell collaborate at Suquamish, Washington, USA in 1988.

2008 Renewal powwow at the Suquamish Reservation.

Song from the powwow. If you know the name of the song please e-mail it to me.

Owl dance from the powwow.

The Suquamish support boat got stuck cause they tried to turn around on the beach and then tried to pull it out with a little motorboat. doesnt quite work out how they planned.

Song from the powwow. If you know the name of this song please e-mail it to me.

Grand Entry from PowWow

speaking words at a UW get together of students, alumni and staff. They are at the Ethnic Cultural Center and since people stood in front of camera, only his opening words are included.

Getting out of Dodge

Spinning to Suquamish

- Taken at 8:07 AM on November 21, 2007 - cameraphone upload by ShoZu

20 mph corner

A hoop dancer from the powwow.

he award-winning documentary, Coming to Light, tells the dramatic story of the life of Edward S. Curtis, his creation of his monumental work, and his changing views of the people he set out to document. More importantly, the film gives Indian people a voice in the discussion of Curtis images. Hopi, Navajo, Cupig, Blackfeet, Piegan, Suquamish and Kwakiutl people, many of them descended from Curtis's photographic subjects, tell stories about the people in the photographs, and discuss the meaning of the images from their own perspectives.

El Jefe Seattle nació alrededor de 1786 en Blake Island, Washington, y murió el 7 de junio de 1866, en la reserva Suquamish de Port Madison, Washington (al norte de Bainbridge Island y al este de Poulsbo). Su padre, Schweabe, fue el líder de la tribu Suquamish, y su madre fue Scholitza de los Duwamish. El Jefe Seattle dio un discurso en Enero de 1854 que fue mencionada por el Dr. Henry A. Smith en el Seattle Sunday Star en 1887. Es comúnmente conocida como Respuesta del Jefe Seattle debido a que era un discurso que contestaba al Gobernador Territorial Isaac I. Stevens.

Hells Belles 6/7/07 at The Suquamish Clearwater Resort. This is the only video I can put on here from that night for now. The others will have to be minimized due to size. My memory card ran out on this song.

A short documentary made with Suquamish and Swinomish youth about the Suquamish Song and Dance Group that went to perform at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. in January 2006. The documentary focuses on the experiences of the youth dancers, searching to identify themselves in a modern society while remaining connected to their heritage.

The award-winning documentary, Coming to Light, tells the dramatic story of the life of Edward S. Curtis, his creation of his monumental work, and his changing views of the people he set out to document. More importantly, the film gives Indian people a voice in the discussion of Curtis images. Hopi, Navajo, Cupig, Blackfeet, Piegan, Suquamish and Kwakiutl people, many of them descended from Curtis's photographic subjects, tell stories about the people in the photographs, and discuss the meaning of the images from their own perspectives.

Theatrical performance of the students of ICPNA-CUSCO, in the advanced 5 course, about an excerpt of the Chief Seattle's letter to the president Franklin Pierce, after receiving an offert of buying his lands. Chief Seattle was a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes in what is now the U.S. state of Washington.

Fireworks at george's Firworks stand June 13 2008. In memory of Bob and Marlin George. Suquamish Wa. Hwy 305

This funny dancer sure was a camera hog and very entertaining at the Clumsy Lovers Suquamish Casino concert north of Bremerton, Washington.

he award-winning documentary, Coming to Light, tells the dramatic story of the life of Edward S. Curtis, his creation of his monumental work, and his changing views of the people he set out to document. More importantly, the film gives Indian people a voice in the discussion of Curtis images. Hopi, Navajo, Cupig, Blackfeet, Piegan, Suquamish and Kwakiutl people, many of them descended from Curtis's photographic subjects, tell stories about the people in the photographs, and discuss the meaning of the images from their own perspectives.

Suquamish youth on a journey of self discovery.