The Nisqually are the original stewards of prairie lands, mountains, and rivers in Thurston and Pierce Counties. They welcomed British and American newcomers and tightly bound the outsiders to the Native American world. This volume visually explores the traditional time, when Nisqually political and economic control of the South Sound was supreme. As Nisqually men and women married and worked with outsiders, the Native American world was transformed. In 1854, Nisqually leaders signed a treaty with the United States and officially ceded most of their country, but the land and rights they reserved set the stage for a cultural revival in the 1970s.

Nisqually Indian Tribe (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Carpenter, Cecelia Svinth

Pascualy, Maria Victoria

Hunter, Trisha

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Where the Waters Begin takes us up the Nisqually side of Mount Rainier through the traditional beliefs of the Nisqually people and their relationship to the bountiful natural resources the mountain offered them. The Nisqually are the original stewards of the prairies, mountains, and rivers west of the mountain on lands that are now Thurston and Pierce Counties. Living in a more natural world, without the complexities of today, they developed a coexistence with nature that included respect and appreciation of its beneficent forces as well as fear of its darker sides. The deep connection the Nisqually people developed with the mountain they called Ta-co-bet is best related through their traditional stories. Author and Nisqually tribal historian Cecelia Svinth Carpenter brings those stories to life here in Where the Waters Begin: the Traditional Nisqually Indian History of Mount Rainier.

Where the Waters Begin: The Traditional Nisqually Indian History of Mount Rainier

Literature & Fiction

United States

Discover Your Northwest

They walked before: The Indians of Washington State (Ethnic history series)

History

Americas

Washington State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

This book contains information on registering with tribes, specifics on getting started, and searching census, marriage, death, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) records. Lists major libraries, missions, museums, archives, BIAs, publications, and Indian records to investigate, and includes tribes having government-to-government relationships with the US, otherwise described as federal recognition.

How to Research American Indian Blood Lines: A Manual on Indian Genealogical Research

Heritage Quest/A.G.L.L.

A history of the Puget Sound native Americans interned on Fox Island during the Puget Sound Indian War, 1855-1856.

Tears of Internment: The Indian History of Fox Island and the Puget Sound Indian War

Tahoma Research Service

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Carpenter, Cecelia Svinth. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Carpenter, Cecelia Svinth