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gnarwin t1_jaoh3g3 wrote

Petition to rename Lake Washington to Lake Duwamish

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Soosietyrell t1_japdc21 wrote

So Lake WA used to drain through the Black River to the Green and so to the Duwamish…. The Cedar flowed into the Black… Today, the BOEING runway in Renton is the old Black River bed…. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_River_(Duwamish_River_tributary). The story is both sad and interesting IMHO, but when they built the ship canal, it dropped the water Level in Lake WA and the Black River mostly dried up… there are remnants….

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itstreeman t1_japh3c3 wrote

My first thought was: confusing to not have them connected but then I remembered that the lie has been changed. But we also live in a state named for a president because “Columbia was too confusing”. Now we have a river of Columbia and nomenclature of dc being the other Washington

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Soosietyrell t1_japi7u3 wrote

when I was a kid in the 70s we had a “visit WA” ad that said something like “Visit Washington (the State!)

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itstreeman t1_jaq6bvq wrote

There was a distant place that made airplanes and had a pointy tower surrounded by clouds about that time in pop culture. Then Seattle started to be known. Now that I live in spokane, I’m always surprised people know where it is (and that it’s the only Spokane)

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Soosietyrell t1_jatr98t wrote

I went to the Worlds Fair in 1974. I was born in Moses Lake, WA… I mot definitely know where Spokane is!!!

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itstreeman t1_jaup5rc wrote

Ooo fun. I should have specified I meant when I’m in far away states

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itstreeman t1_jaup692 wrote

Ooo fun. I should have specified I meant when I’m in far away states

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mrslother t1_japt0br wrote

Whoa, thank you for sharing this. Super awesome; super interesting. You are my hero for the day.

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The_Humble_Frank t1_jast6ui wrote

That's actually more a Tribal Politics charged move then you may think.

Its worth noting that the Duwamish, under the direction of Chief Seathl, where the only tribe to come to the aid of the city that bore his name during the Battle of Seattle (1856).

The Duwamish divided into two different groups back in the late 1850's with the significant majority banding together with the Buklshuhls and many other tribes on the reservation to become what we call the Muckleshoot; that group inherited the rights as signers of The Treaty of Point Elliott. The other smaller group eventually banded together (or stayed together, the records of their leadership during that time are pretty much non existent) today call themselves the Duwamish, but are not a federally recognized, as the Muckleshoot are viewed as the direct political successors of the Duwamish (1855) that signed the Treaty.

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