CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION providing an honorary designation of Alaskan Way between Dearborn and Pine Streets, and Elliott Way between Pine and Bell Street as "Dzidzilalich."
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WHEREAS, Indigenous people of the lands now known as the Americas have cultivated and stewarded these lands since time immemorial; and
WHEREAS, since time immemorial, the Coast Salish peoples, including Chief Sealth (Seattle), governed the Salish Sea (Puget Sound) region; and
WHERAS, The City of Seattle, including its central waterfront, is built upon the homelands and places of historical and cultural importance to the Indigenous and first peoples of this region; and
WHEREAS, prior to settlement, the waterfront was a center of tribal life on the Salish Sea - a summer fishing village, and center for trade - a "crossing over place" - between different geographies and tribal communities; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, City Council, and the Seattle Design Commission have all recognized the need for the City to acknowledge and elevate the region's tribal history and culture; and
WHEREAS, the Office of the Waterfront and Civic Projects has actively engaged with the region's Tribes and Native communities through hosting tribal roundtables; visiting the Suquamish, Muckleshoot, Stillaguamish and Tulalip reservations; and joining or hosting events at Native American cultural centers and service organizations, including the Daybreak Star Cultural Center and Chief Seattle Club to determine the best opportunities to center tribal history and culture into the Waterfront project
WHEREAS, as part of this effort to acknowledge and recognize tribal history and culture, and after consulting with the region's Tribes and Native communities on place naming opportunities, the City would like to add the honorary street name "Dzidzilalich," - the name by which the waterfront was known to the Coast Salish people that would roughly translate to the English "Little crossing over pl...
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