Indian Heritage Supercut by Mr. Morrison documents the removal and relocation of the murals from the old school into the new. This short film collides years of work into 5 minutes of achievement and perseverance.
Andrew Morrison (Apache/Haida) painted all of the murals at the Wilson Pacific school, former Indian Heritage High School over the course of 12 years from 2001-2013. All murals are painted with Krylon and Rustoleum spray paint. In 2013 a capital levy was passed, the Wilson Pacific school was scheduled for demolition, and it was to be replaced with two new schools. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Andrew Morrison and Seattle Public Schools was created to preserve, protect, remove, and relocate the existing Native American murals into both the new Robert Eagle Staff Middle school and Cascadia Elementary buildings. In 2014 the murals and site were designated as an official City of Seattle Landmark. Johnpaul Jones (Cherokee/Choctaw) of Jones and Jones Architects and Landscape Architects was the lead designer for the National Museum of the American Indian of the Smithsonian Institution and he was the Project Designer for the relocation of the murals. Nickel Bros who specialize in heavy lifting and the moving of buildings successfully completed the removal and relocation of the murals into their new locations. Details about the murals can be found in the downloadable Progress Reports on this website. The new schools opened in 2017.
Address: 1330 N. 90th St. Seattle, WA 98103.
- Seattle Times Front Page Photo
- Lydig Contruction, Mahlum Architect, Seattle Public Schools, and Mr. Morrison
- May 2017
- mockup of new school
- view of honoring circle facing northeast
- honoring circle construction April 2017
- honoring circle construction April 2017
- Murals protected
- Lydig Construction working
- mural placed into new school
- cutting walls
- Nickel Bros. cutting concrete
- each mural weighs 60,000 tons
- removal of murals
- A-frames on murals
- removal of murals
- Sitting Bull
- Geronimo and Sitting Bull, 25’x 50′ feet
- close up of murals
- close up of murals
- students with murals
- Longhouse mural
- students with murals
- students by murals
Letters of Support from the Community
Important Links:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/08/11/seattle-landmarks-board-votes-save-indian-heritage-school-156324
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/06/18/andrew-morrison-adds-geronimo-sitting-bull-seattle-school-mural-video-149969
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/01/02/parents-advocates-team-save-native-education-program-152947
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/05/28/will-endangered-seattle-school-murals-be-saved-149569
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2013-02-06/news/unlikely-allies/
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020428185_schoolmuralsxml.html
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/northwestvoices/topic/andrew-morrison/
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/04/apache-artist-andrew-goseyun-morrison.html
http://www.ramonshilohslameass.blogspot.com/
https://www.change.org/petitions/seattle-school-district-preserve-the-murals-created-by-andrew-morrison-2