Seattle Native Villages

connecting through culture

together, we are home

The original homelands of several Coast Salish tribes, Seattle and King County are now also home to a diverse urban Native community who have ancestral connections across Turtle Island. 

The Seattle Indian Services Commission strives to create a network of Native Villages that will provide holistic family empowerment services and create economic opportunities for urban Native people while celebrating Native culture.

Coast Salish and urban Native people drum and sing while marching during a protest to raise awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women in Seattle. Photo by Mel Ponder.
A teepee frame is set up at Seattle Center during Circle of Indigenous Peoples Celebration.

UNITING URBAN NATIVES

Since 1972, as one of the City of Seattle’s first Public Development Authorities, Seattle Indian Services Commission (SISC) has worked to create, acquire, and preserve property assets for the local Native community to reconnect and rebuild home. SISC is a Native-led organization determined to improve the lives of the urban Native people who call Seattle home.

Coast Salish dancers in regalia perform at Daybreak Star. Photo by Mel Ponder.
A basket of dried berries.

BUILDING strong RELATIONS

SISC leads by actively listening to the Native community. Over the years, the Commission has nurtured lasting relationships with the urban Native people of Seattle. Our priority is to build good relationships by listening to what our community needs and use our resources to transform them into action.

A Coast Salish family attend the Seafair Indian Days Powwow at Daybreak Star. Photo by Mel Ponder.

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