Cecelia Svinth CarpenterCecelia Svinth Carpenter, 82, is the first historian to write in depth about the Nisqually people. She is a retired Tacoma schoolteacher and an enrolled member of the Nisqually tribe. Carpenter has an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Puget Sound a Distinguished Alumni Award from Pacific Lutheran University, a Murray Morgan Award, a Governor's Ethnic Heritage Award, as well as other honors. Maria Victoria Pascualy is a curator at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma and a collaborator on a series of projects on the indigenous history of the area, including the first exhibit on the Medicine Creek Treaty. Researcher Trisha Hunter provided research and assistance for this project. Read More Read Less
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