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They are South and Central Coast Salish peoples of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. [4] Their tribes are located in the mid-Puget Sound region of Washington. Tulalip leader John McCoy was a member of the Washington State Legislature from 2003 to 2020. For a time he served as the only Native American in the legislature, at ...
The Duwamish (Lushootseed: dxʷdəwʔabš, [3] [dxʷdəwʔɑbʃ]) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people in western Washington, and the Indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle. Prior to colonization, the center of Duwamish society was around the Black and Duwamish rivers in Washington. The modern Duwamish primarily descend ...
Location of Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation: 833 4,215 Southeastern Grays Harbor County and southwestern Thurston County: Colville Indian Reservation: 9,353 1,400,000 Primarily in the southeastern section of Okanogan County and the southern half of Ferry County: Cowlitz Reservation: 4,800 152 Ridgefield, WA (Clark ...
The Skokomish Indian Tribe, [4] formerly known as the Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, [5] and in its own official use the Skokomish Tribal Nation, [6] is a federally recognized tribe of Skokomish, Twana, Klallam, and Chimakum people. [3] They are a tribe of Southern Coast Salish indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest ...
upperskagittribe-nsn.gov. The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (Lushootseed: sqaǰətabš) is a federally-recognized Indian tribe located in the U.S. state of Washington. The tribe is the successor-in-interest to approximately eleven [a] historic tribes (or bands) which had many permanent villages along the Skagit River in what is now Skagit County.
Swinomish is a legal successor to signatories of the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. Its Reservation is located 65 miles North of Seattle, Washington on Fidalgo Island.The tribe's population is primarily composed of Swinomish, Lower Skagit, Kikiallus, and Samish peoples and their descendants. Other populations on the reservation include the ...
The name for the city is attributed to 'Doc' Maynard, a complex figure, who named the city after Chief Seattle, an enigmatic one. [36] True names and images of people contain a measure of the sacred for many indigenous peoples, particularly for Coast Salish (in contrast to social names, true names are only revealed intimately). Social names are ...
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is headquartered in Longview, Washington. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected board of tribal council members. Salish is commonly spoken by the tribe. The Cowlitz language belongs to the Tsamosan branch of Salishan languages. A dictionary has been published for Cowlitz.