Seattle Spotlight - Raw footage for Chief Seattle Memorial (November 9, 2001)
Channel: SeattleArchives
Date: 2023-05-31

Original format: Betacam SP, color with sound

Footage of "Chief Seattle Memorial", including Benny Armstrong, Cecile Hanson, Governor Gary Locke, Mayor Paul Schell, Marilyn Wandry, members of the Suquamish Tribe, fireboat, "Spirit of Seattle" Argosy Cruise boat.

From the Seattle Times, "Friday, Sealth was honored in a Suquamish ceremony attended by tribal council chair Bennie Armstrong; Gov. Gary Locke; Seattle Archbishop Alex Brunett; Seattle Mayor Paul Schell and Bainbridge Mayor Dwight Sutton; and other tribal and county dignitaries.

Several hundred onlookers followed the traditional Suquamish dance group; the tribal police color guard and the Seattle police color guard pipe and drum from downtown Suquamish to Sealth’s grave site."

"Legacy of the Seattle pioneers." Bainbridge Island Review (WA), sec. News, 10 Nov. 2001. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezproxy.spl.org/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=WORLDNEWS&req_dat=C12EB6BE1393489FA580F5880B8B058E&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews/13291FA0CC033DB8. Accessed 31 May 2023.

Item 7343, Record Series 3902-01, Seattle Municipal Archives