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Upper Skagit Indian Tribe: Seattle’s Skagit River dams put treaty rights at risk
Seattle City Light s hydroelectric dams on the Skagit River were built on the Upper Skagit s ancestral lands, but the tribe was never consulted about the project.
Author: Susannah Frame
Updated: 8:06 PM PDT April 6, 2021
SEATTLE A small, rural Indian tribe based in Sedro-Woolley accuses the city of Seattle of degrading its culture, identity, and federally-protected treaty rights.
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Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, according to historians, has inhabited the Skagit Valley along the Skagit River for 10,000 years. Members say 100 years ago, their way of life on the Skagit was disrupted. That’s when, without consulting the tribe, Seattle’s publicly-owned utility, ....

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