12K views · 86 reactions | The killing of George Floyd sparked protests around the world in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Watch how Seattle's protests evolved in our film “The Uprising,” created by Seattle Times video journalists Lauren Frohne, Corinne Chin and Ramon Dompor. | The Seattle Times | Facebook

This #NativeAmericanHeritageDay we honor Chief Seattle, who led the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes when the first Euro-American settlers arrived in the Puget Sound region in the 1850s. His name, as written in his native Lushootseed language, is spelled siʔal. The “ʔ” sound is a glottal stop that exists in the English language only as the pause between “Uh oh.” Listen to an audio recording of Skagit Elder Vi Hilbert giving the correct pronunciation of Chief Seattle's name in Lushootseed, courtesy

Edward S. Curtis spent more than three decades photographing North America’s indigenous people. A few of his more well-known portraits are of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe. The two became acquainted, and then later friends, during Chief Joseph’s visit to Seattle in 1903. Learn more about famous Seattle photographer Edward Curtis in this feature-length documentary by local filmmaker Vaun Raymond: http://bit.ly/EdwardCurtis #TBT #ThrowbackThursday | Seattle Channel