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=Nora Jewell= Nora Jewell was born around 1864 to an interracial family on San Juan Island. Her mother Fanny was Salish, and her father Peter Jewell was Danish. In 1971, Nora’s father died, and a territorial judge gave Nora’s custody to James Smith when Nora was only 12 years old. This left Nora’s mother and sisters vulnerable to claims of white men, so Nora’s mother and sisters fled the island. Nora was assaulted by her guardian with one assault that led to Nora’s impregnation. In 1880, Nora faced the racist and sexist bias district court and charged her guardian for the assault that she reported had been happening since 1876. The court and jury acquitted Nora’s rapist. She then married an immigrant man, and only lived with him for two years. Shortly after inheriting the Jewell farm, she sold it and moved to Tacoma. Nora’s life is largely undocumented.

Early Life
Around 1864, Nora Jewell was born on San Juan Island. Nora grew up in an interracial family as her mother Fanny was Salish and her father Peter Jewell was Danish. Nor remained on the island until she moved to Tacoma, Washington by 1910, and even possibly moving their as early as the 1900s.

Legal Challenges
When Nora’s father died in 1971, a territorial judge gave custody of Nora at age 12 to James Smith. The judge ignored Nora’s mother maternal rights and denied her maternal aunt’s family the opportunity to take care of Nora. Nora then had to wait until she turned 18 to inherit her father’s land. In 1880, Nora charged her guardian of rape although she was facing a tremendous racist and sexist bias in the district court. She reported that her guardian was repeatedly assaulting her since 1876, and she even became pregnant due to one of his abuses. The jurists and local sheriff allowed her to lodge a complaint against Smith although she had a mixed-raced status. The complaint concluded with the jury acquitting her rapist.