Season 2, Episode 1 of the Indigenous Voices Podcast focuses on the Fox Island Council, the reasons communities moved into this camp, and the conditions they lived in.

Season 1 of the Indigenous Voice Podcast explored the experiences of being Native in the Puget Sound Region. Panelists discussed everything from food sovereignty to language revitalization, ending the season in a 2-part episode about the monuments and memorials of the Puget Sound Treaty War throughout Western Washington. In the first episode of season 2, panelists pick up shortly after the conclusion of the Treaty War with the Fox Island Council.

Panelists include:

1. Amber Taylor, Assistant Director/Collections Manager, Puyallup Tribe
2. Brandon Reynon, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Puyallup Tribe
3. Nettsie Bullchild, Director of Nisqually Tribal Archives/Nisqually Tribal Historic Preservation Office
4. Warren KingGeorge, Historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Learn More at our tribal partner websites and fortnisqually.org.

Resources:

Tribal Websites

1. Puyallup Tribe of Indians https://www.puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/about-our-tribe/historic-preservation/
2. Nisqually Indian Tribe https://www.nisqually-nsn.gov/index.php/heritage/
3. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe https://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/depts/preservation

Primary Sources

1. To view transcriptions of the Fox Island Council minutes please visit https://catalog.archives.gov/id/117093019 The documents referenced in this episode begin on page 10.

Articles

1. The Isaac I. Stevens and Joel Palmer Treaties, 1855-2005 https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/back-issues/upload/Stevens-and-Palmer-Treaties_1855-2005_Treaty-and-Tribal-Reference_Fall-2005.pdf
2. Medicine Creek to Fox Island: Cadastral Scams and Contested Domains https://www.ohs.org/oregon-historical-quarterly/back-issues/upload/Reddick-MedicineCreekFox-OHQ-106_3_Fall-2005.pdf
3. Medicine Creek Remediated: Isaac Stevens and the Puyallup Nisqually, and Muckleshoot Land Settlement at Fox Island, August 4, 1856 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24631631