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Spokane’s Martian Dream and Peace Pledge | Spokane News
In 1976, after Viking One sent back Mars photos, Spokane locals joked that their treeless, dusty plains mirrored the red planet—prompting The Spokesman-Review to humorously pitch the Inland Northwest as a Martian training ground for future space tourists. Fast forward to 1926: Spokane hosted its second National Indian Congress, featuring a grand parade of painted warriors and a symbolic peace pledge at the historic Battle of Spokane Plains—where Native leaders renewed a truce with the War Department using sign language and peace pipes, 68 years after the battle ended hostilities. Listen in…
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