Bureau of Indian Affairs

New auditorium under construction at CLS

New auditorium under construction at CLS

Photos and story by Alex Harrison, Puyallup Tribal Member The campus for Chief Leschi Schools was built in 1996. At 200,000 square feet, it is the largest Bureau of Indian Affairs’ school in the country. The school’s architects roughed in an auditorium when the foundation was built. The overall structure of the auditorium including the exterior shell, large mechanical air handling units, majority of the steel light gauge framing, and most of the door frames have already been constructed. Later this year, crews are expected to begin finishing the space. The construction project will complete the original structure and include…
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