Telling the Whole Story: A Conversation with Program Participants, Pt 1

Indigenous Voices from Fort Nisqually

In September 2022, the Puget Sound Treaty War Panel series was recognized, along with 52 other recipients nationwide, by the American Association for State and Local History for a Leadership in History Award. The award recognizes achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history.

Earlier this summer, panel participants gathered at the Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Conference, both in-person and virtually, to discuss the development of the panel series with museum audiences. The panelists shared their thoughts on the program’s development and evolution, its successes and challenges, and what it means to come together as a diverse group of historians to share this history.

To celebrate the program’s recognition this month, we wanted to share this conversation, in two parts. This is part one.

Panelists include:

• Brandon Reynon, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Puyallup Tribe
• Charlene Krise, Executive Director of the Squaxin Tribe Museum Library Research Center
• Elizabeth Rudrud, Events and Volunteer Coordinator, Fort Nisqually Living History Museum
• Jennifer Ott, Assistant Director, HistoryLink
• Warren KingGeorge, Historian, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe