Indigenous People's Day

Time to remember and celebrate the people who were here long before European explorers arrived. Canadians call them the First Peoples. United States of America calls them Native Americans. I call them my friends and neighbors and am very happy to remember that some of my ancestors – all European – were also their friends and neighbors and relatives in the early days of Seattle.

Here in Darrington we have a local Tribe as our neighbors. Come to the library Thursday afternoon, Oct 15, 2026, for a discussion of:

Two Voices
by Jean Fish Bedal and Edith Bedal, Sauk-Suitattle Tribe
Darrington Library 4:30 -5:50 pm

Two Voices

a History of the Sauk and Suiattle People and Sauk Country Experiences
"Two Voices is a collection of stories written by two sisters whose lives spanned the 20th century. Their mother Susan was the daughter of Wawetkin, a Sauk Chief. Their father James Bedal was a pioneer. The book includes legends of the Sauk-Suiattle Tribe and tribal history. Individual stories tell of family life on the Bedal homestead in the high Cascade Mountains. Stories of the family logging, mining, and horse packing businesses during early pioneer days are wonderfully told by the persons who lived this life"– Sno-Isle Library

More on Indigenous Peoples Day

from the Associated Press:

What is Indigenous Peoples Day?