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A Spokane woman warrior. A fighter. A figure of resistance. Whistalks Way will replace Fort George Wright Drive as the name of the road that runs between North Government Way and the T.J. Meenach Bridge – a naming in honor of Whist-alks, a member of the Spokane Tribe and a figure of defiance to Wright’s brutal campaign against Native people in the Northwest in the 1850s. The naming, supported by the region’s tribes, is intended to honor Whist-alks and by extension all Indigenous women, pa...

Spokane City Council votes to rename Ft. George Wright Drive The street will now be named Whistalks Way after a woman warrior of the Spokane Tribe who fought against Col. Wright. Author: Kaitlin Riordan Updated: 3:46 PM EST February 10, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane City Council approved a name change for Ft. George Wright Drive at their last meeting for 2020 on Monday.  The street will now be named Whistalks Way after a woman warrior of the Spokane Tribe ...

KXLY December 14, 2020 11:37 PM Erin Robinson Updated: Fort George Wright Drive will soon be renamed to Whistalks Way. The push to rename the road was lead by tribal members throughout the region. Colonel George Wright led mass genocidal campaigns against indigenous communities in the Inland Northwest in the 1850s. Council member Betsy Wilkerson said Spokane was ready for the change, and she is glad the Council was able to make it happen. COPYRIGHT 2021 BY KXLY. ALL RI...

Who was Whist-alks? Whist-alks, whose name means "walks in a dress,” was the wife of Qualchan, a Yakama sub-chief who was ordered hanged by Col. George Wright in 1858. According to historical reports, Whist-alks attempted to resist her and Qualchans capture.  Wright led a violent campaign to suppress Native American resistance to the spread of white settlers in the mid-19th century.   Fort George Wright Drive is now Whistalks Way. The name change, an acknowledgment of the brutality imposed...

Yellow. the water is actually coming from the land and then you will see periods where there isnt any rain and then it will start pouring again. anywhere from 19 to 22 inches can be expected. >> thinking about those rescue crews over the next couple days. george wright, thank you so much. appreciate that. i want to touch base now with someone who planned to ride out the storm, had a change of plans. we talked just a few days ago to krist kristin reinhold. she said she didnt have a way out of m...

>> yeah, and martin, thank you. one that appears to not to want to move and it continues sitting in this area and dump all this rain, which is going to be problematic, really, for a couple days here. brooke baldwin, brooke, youve been out in these situations. usually when were here, it comes through, causes a lot of damage, gets out of here and we go to the next one. this is sitting on top of us so were going to be here for quite a long time. where i am, im told the brunt of it wont happen until...

The maximum but thats when you start to see the water. >> thats before the eye takes the center. >> thats right. and when that eye will be moving, you know, northward and it will continue to pile up the water. the winds create the storm surge because theres frictional drag with the wind on the ocean surface and that will pile up the water and push it into the bays and it has nowhere to go but of course to flood. >> so people need to get out of dodge. george wright, thank you for explaining how t...

State of texas. and irma is also breaking records left and right, no storm on record has maintained 185 miles per hour winds for as long. it has since dipped and with hurricane jose trailing just behind, the atlantic now has two hurricanes with winds blowing more than 150 miles per hour for the first time ever. george wright a meteorologist and is joining us now. george, as you take a look at the maps, at the models, what does a trained eye see that you think is most significant? >> well, i se...

Its sad that one day after the actual birthday of dr. king were having a discussion about voting rights that have taken us backward add not forward. >> i want to point out for people who may not know the north carolina map. it runs in part through greensboro. greensboro is where we saw the initial sit-ins of national african-american men sitting at the woolworths counters, chamging that. >> franklin gram -- mccain was buried just yesterday who was part of those civil rights movements. this distr...

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