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Harriette Shelton-Dover (November 19, 1904 - February 6, 1991), known in Lushootseed as hayalc̓aʔ, was a Tulalip cultural activist and tribal ambassador, credited with the revival of the Lushootseed language and many Coast Salish cultural traditions. The daughter of Tulalip cultural leaders William Shelton and Ruth Sehome, she grew up in Tulalip Bay before enrolled into the Tulalip Indian School. As well as serving as a tribal postmaster and council-member, she became the first woman to chair the Tulalip Tribes.

Early life and education
Harriette Shelton was born on Nov. 19, 1904, in the Mission Beach neighborhood of the Tulalip Reservation. Her father, William Shelton, was a Snohomish hereditary chief with Skykomish, Puyallup, and Wenatchi ancestry. Her mother, Siastenu or Ruth Sehome, was Klallam and Samish. Harriette was the youngest of three children, alongside her siblings Robert Shelton (1891-1930) and Ruth Shelton (1902-1917).

Book reviews

 * Jacobson, Danae A. The Pacific Northwest Quarterly 105, no. 1 (2013): 45–45. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24628803
 * Cary C. Collins. Oregon Historical Quarterly 116, no. 3 (2015): 397–98. https://doi.org/10.5403/oregonhistq.116.3.0397.
 * Arnold, Laurie. Montana: The Magazine of Western History 64, no. 3 (2014): 71–73. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24420015.