The first Boys & Girls Club to serve urban Indians opened in Seattle, Washington, on Thursday.
The IWASIL Boys & Girls Club will serve Native youth in King County. Iwasil means "to make positive change in one's life' in the Lushootseed language.
A total of 143 clubs are located on reservations. The one in Seattle is the first off-reservation.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 16,000 Natives in King County, 26 percent of them under the age of 18.
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Boys & Girls Club celebrates Indian culture
(The Seattle Times 1/29)
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Boys and Girls Clubs in Indian Country - http://www.naclubs.org
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