1920's Government and Politics | "Native American Chiefs Frank Seelatse and Jimmy Noah Saluskin of the Yakima Tribe"

Photograph

By: National Photo Company Collection

Date: 1927

Source: National Photo Company Collection. "Native American chiefs Frank Seelatse and Chief Jimmy Noah Saluskin of the Yakima tribe." LC-USZ62-92917 DLC. Library of Congress American Memory Collection. Available online at http://memory.loc.gov/ (accessed January 28, 2003).

About the Subjects: Native American Chiefs Frank Seelatse and Jimmy Noah Saluskin were members of the Yakima tribe from eastern Washington State. The tribe called themselves Waptailmim, meaning "people-of-the-narrows," because their village was located near Union Gap along the Yakima River. In 1804, the Yakima encountered Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, whose report on the abundant wildlife and rich soil attracted white settlement. By 1875, the Yakima's traditional culture had been critically...