This resource, produced by Setting Sun Circle Productions, discusses the lives of Indigenous Peoples before and after the signing of the Point Elliot Treaty in 1855.
What is Treaty Day?
Why We Curated This Resource
The Lummi Nation was a signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855. In this interview, Jay Julius, former Chair of the Lummi Nation, explains the sovereign-to-sovereign relationship of the tribe to the federal government that underlies the treaty’s legal status.
