07 Dec 1970
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Led by Bernie Whitebear and others, a group of NW Native American activists and their supporters stage a month-long occupation of Fort Lawton in the Magnolia neighborhood to proclaim a land base for the urban Natives living in and around Seattle. Eventually, the protests lead to the designation of a 20-acre site within a newly formed Discovery Park and the opening of the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center.