Leschi: Justice in our Time
HISTORICAL FIGURESCLOSE TIESPRELUDE TO WARINDIAN WARS 1855-56LESCHI ON TRIALLESCHI'S LEGACYTEACHING
 
Prominent individuals caught up in the conflict
Nisqually Indian relationships with the Hudson Bay Trading Company
The circumstances leading to heightened hostilities
The events of the Indian Wars
A Nisqually leader is tried for murder
The legend continues into the present
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Leschi's Legacy
Leschi is remembered today by American Indian Nations, the Washington State Community and Historians as an honored Chief wrongly executed.

Leschi's Re-Burial
Re-Burial Party
"He fought for our country and died to save our reservation lands for us"

- George Leschi at the reburial of the bones of his father (Quiemuth) and uncle in 1895.

 Washington Legacy
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There are dozens of places in Washington state named after Leschi.
 Exoneration Efforts
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Cynthia Iyall, a descendent of Chief Leschi's wife (above right), shares why it is important to exonerate Chief Leschi and clear his name
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