Tom Fucoloro

The city’s Hearing Examiner last week overturned a January decision by the Pike Place Market Historical Commission to block the sculptural celebration of the lives of the homeless in King County.

When the organizers for the Homeless Remembrance Project sought input from the public about where to place an art piece celebrating the lives (and remembering the deaths) of homeless people in King County, the response from the homeless community was overwhelmingly in favor of placing the “Tree of Life” in Victor Steinbrueck Park, just north of Pike Place Market.

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Cecile Hansen, chairwoman of the Duwamish Tribe, has been fighting for tribal recognition since the 80s and has no intention of giving up yet. However, the tribe’s pro bono lawyers may be.
“The lawyers who were supposed to represent us on our appeal think they can dump us,” Hansen says. Without legal representation, Hansen fears the tribe’s long-standing tribal recognition case could die.

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