Federal judge blocks sale, closure of Seattle's National Archives building
A federal judge ruled Friday to block the sale of Seattle's National Archive building, preventing irreplaceable historical documents from Washington's Native American tribes and other communities from being moved to facilities in California and Missouri.
"Today’s legal victory blocks the federal government’s unlawful plan to sell the Archives and scatter the DNA of our region thousands of miles away," said Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in a statement. "This victory preserves our ability to physically connect to our history by visiting the Archives and accessing the un-digitized records that are deeply personal to so many."
Located in the Windermere neighborhood, the 73-year-old building holds the historical records of 272 federally recognized Native American tribes and over 50,000 files from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
The building also includes Alaskan documents and records that were sent to the facility after the National Archives building in Anchorage closed in 2016.
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