Seattle Indian Services Commission

Our mission is to provide effective, comprehensive, and coordinated housing and planning services, activities, and programs that will meet the unique needs of the many American Indian and Alaska Native residents of Seattle and King County.

The Seattle Indian Services Commission (SISC) is Seattle’s oldest Public Development Authority and was chartered by the City of Seattle in 1972. SISC and other Urban Native community service providers are directly connected to the legacy of the American Indian Women’s Service League founded in partnership with Pearl Warren.

Pearl Warren was a Makah Tribal member and woman leader who was moved to action and community organizing over the concerns she had about urban Indian living conditions and the lack of access to Indigenous culture in the 1950s and 1960s in Seattle.

Standing shoulder to shoulder alongside our region’s most dedicated Native-led service providers, we continue Pearl’s vision of service and commitment to meeting the unique housing and cultural needs of Native people.