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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) Photo from Treaty Day commemoration activities at the Tulalip longhouse, January 1913, courtesy of Everett Public Library.   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Tribes win key ruling; others will have to pay 8/23/07 • Tribes win federal suit against state over salmon 8/22/07   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Sunday, October 22, 2006 Tribes push treaty rights Tulalips assert claims to every tree, flower and weed from their land By Krista J. Kapralos and Eric Stevick / Herald Writers © 2006 The Daily Herald Co. Patkanam, Chief of the Snoqualmoo and Snohomish. Goliah, Chief of the Skagits. Whailanhu, or Davy Crockett, sub-chief of the Lummi. The list rolls on, 82 Indians who drew an X by their names on a treaty granting them peace, prosperity, their way of life. The Treaty of Point Elliott, signed in 1855, promised them their future. One of the state's most important documents, its 15 articles are still disputed. The Indians have scuhddxw - salmon - and xpy'uhc - cedar. They have independence. Now, they want to own the DNA of all that was around them, and to become ultimate stewards of that land. Patkanam's descendents, the Tulalip Tribes, are trying to claim much of what they believe was lost 151 years ago. They draw power from the Treaty of Point Elliott.

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