The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Petition for Recognition, first filed in 1975, is a comprehensive history of Tribal
life before settlers arrived, and the Tribe’s subsequent interactions with the immigrant community and the
United States government. It clearly illustrated that in a practical sense, the Jamestown S’Klallam people
had always been recognized, but simply lacked official status until 1981.
The House of Seven Generations was developed by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe and made possible by a grant from
the Institute of Museum and Library Services. www.imls.gov