Location of Chief Seattle Club's ʔalʔal, Credit to Google Maps

Aerial Photo of Chief Seattle Club's ʔalʔal, Credit to William Wright Photography

Site Plan of Chief Seattle Club's ʔalʔal, Photo Credit to Jones and Jones

Front view of ʔálʔal featuring the entrance to the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Clinic on the ground floor. Photo credit: William Wright

The brickwork of ʔálʔal represents the spirit, the animal, nature, and human things: the four worlds. Photo credit: William Wright

ʔálʔal is located beside Seattle’s historic Smith Tower. Photo credit: William Wright

This brick pattern represents cedar and cedar medicine, a symbol of nature. Photo credit: William Wright

Canoe paddlers represent human things, one of the four worlds. Below them are custom metal accents. Photo credit: William Wright.

The welcome figure on the side of ʔálʔal is Frog Mother. She lets native people know they are home. Photo credit: William Wright

The motifs on the top edges of the building represent rain. Rain represents the spirit world. Photo credit: William Wright

An example of art done by a Native American artist, featured in ʔálʔal’s mail room. Photo credit: William Wright

An example of art done by a Native American artist, featured in ʔálʔal’s mail room. Photo credit: William Wright

A community gathering space in ʔálʔal where residents undergoing similar experiences can share. Photo credit: William Wright

One of the studio apartments, kindly furnished by Eighth Generation. Photo credit: William Wright

Randomness in size and layout of the siding is reminiscent of traditional Coast Salish structures. Photo credit: William Wright

The roof deck is another community gathering space, and features a metal disk pointing north. Photo credit: William Wright

The roof prairie replicates the rapidly vanishing South Puget Sound Camas Prairie. Photo credit: William Wright