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Real Rent Duwamish

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Real Rent Duwamish asks Seattle residents to pay voluntary rent to Duwamish Tribal Services, a nonprofit; it is not a land return.

Nation
Duwamish
Where
Seattle, Washington
Status
Ongoing program

What happened

Real Rent is a voluntary program, run by supporters of the Duwamish Tribe, that asks people who live and work in Seattle to make rent payments to the Tribe. Its website says the Tribe has yet to be justly compensated for its land, resources and livelihood. It is not a land return and moves no land.

The Real Rent site says 100 percent of the money goes to Duwamish Tribal Services (DTS), a nonprofit run by the Duwamish Tribe. It says DTS provides social, educational, health and cultural services and operates the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center, a free museum, event space and community center. The site suggests payers choose an amount that feels meaningful, for example $54 a month as a reminder of 54,000 acres of homeland.

The site makes a claim about history. It says that in 1971, 1,000 Duwamish members were paid $64 each for their land, so about $64,000 in total for 54,000 acres. That figure is the program's own. The 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, which the Duwamish and other tribes signed on January 22, 1855, ceded lands to the United States in Article 1, and was ratified March 8, 1859. The site also says the Tribe does not have federal recognition and invites visitors to sign a petition for it.

Good to know. A voluntary payment program, not a land return. The 1971 payment and 54,000-acre figures are the program's own.

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What the sources say, and how this was checked

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  1. Real Rent calls on people who live and work in Seattle to make rent payments to the Duwamish Tribe.Real Rent Duwamish
  2. 100% of Real Rent goes to the non-profit, Duwamish Tribal Services, run by the Duwamish Tribe.Real Rent Duwamish
  3. In 1971, 1,000 Duwamish members were paid $64 each for their land.Real Rent Duwamish
  4. hereby cede, relinquish, and convey to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to the lands and country occupied by themTreaty with the Dwamish, Suquamish, etc., 1855 (Treaty of Point Elliott), OSU Tribal Treaties Database

Research notes. The 1971 payment and 54,000-acre figures are claims on the Real Rent site and were not checked against the Indian Claims Commission record. The program start date is not on the page read. The page itself says it is run with the Tribe's nonprofit; the Tribe's own site was not opened. This is a voluntary rent program, not a land transfer.

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Sources

  1. realrentduwamish.org/self-description
Kind
Land return
Confidence
High
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