Featured Exhibits
Northwest Treaty Trail, 1854–1856
Isaac Stevens at the Council with the Blackfeet, by Gustav Sohon. (Washington State Historical Society)
Opened October 8
Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens held 11 treaty councils with Northwest Indians. Native people ceded portions of their traditional homelands, from Puget Sound to the Canadian border and from northeastern Oregon to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. Those treaties still shape Washington society today.
Respecting the Knowledge: Ethnobotany of Western Washington
Detail of a traditional bentwood box, by Peter Simpson, Jr. (Washington State Historical Society)
Ongoing
Ethnobotany is understanding the relationship between plants and peoples. Native
communities, past and present, have used plants for food, medicine, and tools. The exhibit
includes beautiful photographs of native plants and descriptions of their traditional usage,
handmade tools and implements, baskets and a bentwood box.
Washington Then and Now
ONGOING
Historic images juxtaposed with their modern-day counterparts.