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ix Foreword Wayne Williams G ranny, my mother Harriette Dover, was fiercely proud of being Indian. She spoke of things driving her life. She always wanted to write a book about Tulalip but she was a procrastinator. Some years ago she met and became friends with Carol Harkins, who is a local social activist. One day my mother made the comment that she had always wanted to go to college and that her parents had encouraged her to do so. While attending Everett High School, after finishing Tulalip Indian Boarding School, she took all the required courses to qualify for college entrance. Carol responded, “You can go now!” My mother said she was too old (she was seventy-two years old). Carol said, “Oh no, there are older people now going to college.” Next my mother objected that she couldn’t afford to pay the costs and had no way of getting to Everett, where the local community college is located. Again Carol had the solution. She would seek funding from the tribe—which has a scholarship program for its members—and she would drive my mother to school every day. Finally, unable to find a valid excuse and after thinking about it, my mother said yes. Carol applied to the tribe for funding and in 1976 helped my mother enroll at Everett Community College. My mother enjoyed her classes very much, especially anthropology taught by Darleen Fitzpatrick. The class dealing with the Northwest Coast Indians was most enjoyable, as it allowed my mother to offer comments about the class material, such as agreeing or disagreeing or talking about local customs, and so on. Rather than be annoyed by one of her students offering such comments, Darleen was pleased, as it added to the class. As time went by, Darleen began to think about trying to save the information that my mother was offering. After pondering the matter, Darleen discussed it with my mother and they began a relationship that endured until my mother’s death in 1991. In a sense it is still continuing today. After x / Foreword discussing the book with the University of Washington Press in Seattle, Darleen submitted the manuscript for review. After much disappointment, happiness, delay, and hard work, the material was revised and resubmitted and, lo and behold, the manuscript was accepted. I cannot say enough about the tremendous amount of work that Darleen has expended in this effort. I and the readers will be eternally grateful for her unstinting courage and determination to see the project through to its conclusion. Thank you, Darleen. ...

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