RESOURCES

A Tale of Two Waters: A Story of Water Disparity in Washington – Lake Washington and the Duwamish River. Crosscut's Deeply Rooted series – exploring environmental justice in a changing Washington. Video (7:26). July 16, 2021.
Working for Justice and Health for the People of a Blighted Waterway: Seattle's Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. EarthXNews. Written by Robin Lindley. May 5, 2021.
Diverse Populations Benefit from Targeted Efforts to Improve Environmental Justice. Salish Sea Currents. Written by Christopher Dunagan. April 12, 2021.
For the Duwamish Tribe, Seattle's First People, Injustice Echoes Today. King 5 TV's Facing Race series. Video (5:13). Written by Ted Land. November 9, 2020.
SoDo's Duwamish River is Visibly Healing. Seattle Metropolitan (photo essay). Written by Stephanie Milne; photographs by David Ryder. October 21, 2020.
New Book: The Plundering of the Duwamish River. Post Alley. Written by David Burgue. July 18, 2020.
History of the Duwamish River, its people, explored in new book, 'The River That Made Seattle.' UW News. Written by Peter Kelley. July 8, 2020.
Seattle Owes its Existence to its Most Invisible Waterway. KIRO Radio. Audio (7:08). Written by Feliks Banel. July 7, 2020.
Seattle Arose from a Tortuously Transformed Duwamish River. Seattle Now and Then, The Seattle Times. Written by Clay Eals. July 2, 2020.
How the Duwamish River Defined Seattle – And Could Again. Crosscut. Written by Mandy Goodwin. June 30, 2020.

Journalist Lynda Mapes holds aThe River That Made Seattle against the backdrop of the Duwamish River

Canoes on the now extinct Black River at the turn of the century