In the 1930s and ‘40s, 36 Indigenous women from 19 different tribes in Canada, Alaska, and Washington came to Bainbridge Island to pick berries on the island’s once prolific farms.
“We lived off the land”: Indipino sisters recall Bainbridge Island’s berry farm era
Before sprawling development replaced many of Bainbridge Island’s berry fields, generations of Filipino and Indigenous families built their lives around farming, hard labor, and community.