STI
The language traditionally spoken across the Salish Coast region.
What is Lushootseed?
The first Europeans to explore the Puget Sound region, including the La Conner area, did so in this century.
What is the 18th century?
This endangered species relies on salmon in the Salish Sea for survival.
What are Southern Resident orcas?
An annual event that brings lots of out of town visitors to the area.
What is the Tulip Festival?
This root was an important traditional food harvested in open prairies.
What is camas?
In the 1800s, these people traveled through the Skagit Valley trading goods like furs and tools with Coast Salish communities.
Who are fur traders?
These two rivers shaped the land and culture of the Skagit Valley for thousands of years.
What are the Skagit River and Samish River?
This nearby spot is a great place to study, read or even 3D print.
What is the public library?
This type of boat was traditionally carved from cedar and used for travel, trade, and fishing.
What is a canoe?
The treaty signed in 1855, which established the boundaries of the Swinomish Tribal Territory.
What is the Point Elliot Treaty?
These land changes, done by settlers in the 1800s, altered the natural Skagit River floodplain.
What is diking/ drainage?
This holiday parade lights up La Conner in December.
What is the Christmas Boat Parade?
When the tide went out, Coast Salish families would gather these foods, which were often “set on the table” for everyone to share.
What are shellfish?
This landmark, opened in 1935, links La Conner to Fidalgo Island.
Rainbow Bridge
The Army Corps of Engineers dredged this waterway in 1937 with the intention of improving navigation and access in the area.
What is the Swinomish Channel?
You might only have a day or two so you better get on the water.
What is a crab opener?
Knowledge, stories, and skills were passed down from elders to children in this way rather than in written form.
What is oral teaching (or oral tradition)?
This major court case in 1974 upheld the fishing rights promised in the Treaty of Point Elliott.
What is the Boldt Decision?
This endangered species relies on salmon in the Salish Sea for survival.
What are Southern Resident orcas?
This woman owns Stompin' Grounds down the street.
Who is Kim?