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2. Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation - Wikipedia

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   The Nisqually Indian Tribe is headquartered in Olympia, Washington. They ratified their constitution and bylaws on September 9, 1946. These were amended on October 28, 1994. The tribe is governed by a seven-member, democratically elected General Council. The current tribal administration is as follows: • Chairman: Ken Choke

3. Nisqually people - Wikipedia

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   The Nisqually /nɪsˈkwɔːliː/ are a Lushootseed-speaking Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States. They are a Southern Coast Salish people. [ 1 ] They are federally recognized as the Nisqually Indian Tribe , formerly known as the Nisqually Indian Tribe of the Nisqually Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of ...

4. Nisqually Reservation - Wikipedia

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   The Nisqually Reservation is located at (47.006162, -122.669733 [8]According to the United States Census Bureau, the Nisqually Indian Community CDP (census-designated place, [9] as the reservation is title for census purposes, has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km 2), of which, 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2) of it is land and 0.37% is water.

5. List of Indian reservations in Washington - Wikipedia

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   Muckleshoot Indian Reservation: 3,300 3,850 Southeast of Auburn in King County: Nisqually Indian Reservation: 588 4,800 Western Pierce County and eastern Thurston County: Nooksack Indian Reservation: 1,800 2,500 Town of Deming, Washington in western Whatcom County: Port Gamble Indian Reservation: 1,234 1,301 Port Gamble Bay in Kitsap County ...

6. Billy Frank Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Billy Frank Jr. (March 9, 1931 – May 5, 2014) was a Native American environmental leader and advocate of treaty rights.As a member of the Nisqually tribe, Frank led a grassroots campaign in the 1960s and 1970s to secure fishing rights on the Nisqually River, located in Washington state.

7. History of Native Americans in Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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   The DC Native History Project was established to work with local tribe members to gain further understanding and recognition of the Anacostan heritage of the region, and to create an interactive map of Washington, D.C., with identified original village sites and the locations of artifact excavations. [15] [16]

8. Cecelia Svinth Carpenter - Wikipedia

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   Hope Cecelia Svinth Carpenter (September 2, 1924 – June 25, 2010) was the first historian to write in detail about the Nisqually people. [1] [2] As a Tacoma, Washington schoolteacher and enrolled member of the Nisqually tribe, when Carpenter discovered that her students' history books provided an inaccurate relation of the history of native people, she began researching and writing the tribe ...

9. Treaty of Medicine Creek - Wikipedia

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   The tribes listed on the Treaty of Medicine Creek are Nisqually, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Squawskin (Squaxin Island), S'Homamish, Stehchass, T'Peeksin, Squi-aitl, and Sa-heh-wamish. The treaty was signed on December 26, 1854, by Isaac I. Stevens , governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs of the territory at the time of the signing, along with ...