UW Bothell / Cascadia College Campus Library: Campus Library Land Acknowledgment: Indigenous Governance and Sovereignty

Resources on Local Native Sovereignty

Treaty of Point Elliott
As told by the Duwamish People.
Treaty of Point Elliott, 1855, full text transcription
Governors Office of Indian Affairs, State of Washington.
What is Tribal Sovereignty?
In the video below, David Bean, Chairman of Pyallup Tribe and Vice Chairman of the National Gaming Association explains tribal sovereignty.

An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Call Number: E-book (click book title and login with UW NetID to access)
Sections on governance found in Chapters 1 and 11.
Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name by David M. Buerge
Call Number: E99.S85 B84 2017
The first 8 pages of Chapter 6 describe the signing of the 1855-56 treaties. After that, the chapter describes conflict immediately arising from the treaties.
Native Seattle by Coll Thrush
Call Number: Ebook (log in to access)
Native Seattle focuses on the experiences of local indigenous communities on whose land Seattle grew, accounts of Native migrants to the city and the development of a multi-tribal urban community, as well as the role Native Americans have played in the narrative of Seattle.