We often look at the Joint Occupation of the San Juans (1860-1872) through the eyes of the British and American citizens and soldiers who faced off and vied for supremacy. But the original Native inhabitants, the Straits Salish Indians, maintained a…

The Salsih Sea once teemed with salmon. Long before European settlers established themselves on the San Juan Islands, the Native Americans used the island for salmon fishing. For thousands of years the Salish Coastal people established temporary…