Duwamish King County, Washington

Name: Duwamish
Address: Washington

Mapped Location

Duwamish: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

Information

General information on Duwamish

Feature Type: Place

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Duwamish

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name	Description
Duwamish	Official

A Selected Bibliography of Duwamish, King County, Washington

A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.

The river that made Seattle a human and natural history of the Duwamish by B. J. Cummings

"With bountiful salmon and fertile plains, the Duwamish River has drawn people to its shores over the centuries for trading, transport, and sustenance. Chief Se'alth and his allies fished and lived in villages here and white settlers established their first settlements nearby. Industrialists later straightened the river's natural turns and built factories on its banks, floating in raw materials and shipping out airplane parts, cement, and steel. Unfortunately, the very utility of the river has been its undoing, as decades of dumping led to the river being declared a Superfund cleanup site. Using previously unpublished accounts by Indigenous people and settlers, BJ Cummings's compelling narrative restores the Duwamish River to its central place in Seattle and Pacific Northwest history. Writing from the perspective of environmental justice-and herself a key figure in river restoration efforts-Cummings vividly portrays the people and conflicts that shaped the region's culture and natural environment. She conducted research with members of the Duwamish Tribe, with whom she has long worked as an advocate. Cummings shares the river's story as a call for action in aligning decisions about the river and its future with values of collaboration, respect, and justice."-- Provided by publisher

xiv, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Desiderata

History · 1st Edition · University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2020
Related Catalog Items: Duwamish · City of Seattle · Duwamish Waterway · Duwamish River

The price of taming a river the decline of Puget Sound's Duwamish/Green waterway by Mike Sato

The historical puzzle that is the Green River and its drainage basin, from Mount Rainier to Puget Sound, is carefully pieced together in this portrait of the people, events, and dramatic forces that have determined the fate of this once-powerful river. Beginning in the early years of this century, the Duwamish/Green waterway was rechanneled, dredged, dammed, and diked in an attempt to prevent flooding and salvage land for agriculture and industry. The "taming" of the river made a valuable stretch of land usable year-round but the consequences have been pollution and the destruction of the habitat it once provided for fish, shellfish, and wildlife. Ranging from prehistoric times to the present, from geologic forces to political and economic battles, The Price of Taming a River shows clearly what has been lost but also tells the compelling story of the individuals and communities who are working to restore and preserve the watershed. It is a story of small places and large issues, of bitter controversy and quiet victories, which presents a vision of what can be accomplished by those who choose to embrace their role as stewards of the river

107 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Non-circulating [ 1 ]

local histories · 1st Edition · The Mountaineers, Seattle, Wash., 1997
Related Catalog Items: Duwamish · Duwamish Waterway · Duwamish River · City of Seattle

The Duwamish diary, 1849-1949 by Grover Cleveland High School (Seattle, Wash)

This book compiles a project originally started by a laboratory writing class of Cleveland High School in 1947. It collects an amazing amount of history from books, pamphlets, newspapers, and word-of-mouth stories about Seattle's earliest pioneers: John Holgate, Luther Collins, Henry Van Asselt, and Jacob and Samuel Maple, as well a lot of other history. If you supersize the contents pages, you should be able to read all of the entries. Generously illustrated with b/w photos and a fold-out map of the Duwamish River before and after straightening in the rear

xiv, 119 pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded) ; 23 cm

Non-circulating [ 1 ]

History · 2nd ed · Cleveland High School, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, 1996
Related Catalog Items: Duwamish · Duwamish Waterway · Duwamish River · City of Seattle

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Last updated: 2011-05-20