Indian berry pickers on Vashon Island, June 1943

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Subjects: Indians of North America > British Columbia > Employment; Agricultural laborers > Washington (State) > Vashon Island; Strawberries > Washington (State) > Vashon Island; Croplands > Washington (State) > Vashon Island; World War; 1939-1945 > Economic & industrial aspects; British Columbia; Canada; Indian; First Nations
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In the summer of 1943, the Vashon Island Packing Company hired 80 First Nations people from British Columbia to weed and harvest strawberries, loganberries, and currants. The Indian workers replaced Filipino workers who were now growing vegetables and working in World War II industries. The Canadian...