I am a 23 year old university student in my 5th year of a Women’s Studies/Religious Studies double major. I have a passion for history and books and learning. My plan at the moment is to gt my PhD and become a professor (we’ll see how well that works out).
“Princess Angeline,” daughter of Chief Seattle
Angeline was born around 1820 in what is today Rainier Beach in Seattle. In her native language of Lushootseed, Angeline was called Kikisoblu or Kick-is-om-lo. The name Angeline was given to her by pioneer Catherine Broshears Maynard and became the name she was most known by.
When Angeline was in her mid-30s, the Treaty of Point Elliott required that all Duwamish Indians leave their land for reservations. Angeline ignored those orders and remained in Seattle. She lived in a waterfront cabin near the current location of Pike Place Market, selling baskets and taking in laundry to make money.
Angeline was a popular subject for artists and photographers of the day. Famed photographer Edward S. Curtis began his Native American portraits by photographing Angeline.
Angeline died on May 29, 1896. Legend has it that her ghost is sometimes spotted at Pike Place Market.
She’s so cuuuute.
(via poetdreamer)
