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The Puyallup Indian Reservation is the reservation of the Puyallup Tribe, located in parts of Pierce and King counties of Washington state. The reservation, located at 47°14′38″N 122°22′15″W / 47.24389°N 122.37083°W / 47.24389; -122.37083 , is mostly located in Pierce County, although a small part is located in the city ...
The Puyallup (pew-AL-əp; Lushootseed: spuyaləpabš, lit. 'people of the bend' [1] [note 1]) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people indigenous to the Puget Sound region of Washington state. They are primarily enrolled in and represented by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, a federally-recognized Indian tribe located near Tacoma.
The Puyallup Indian School was built on the Puyallup Reservation as part of the US government's boarding school program to assimilate Native American children into white society. The Puyallup Indian Agency, when creating the Puyallup Reservation, set aside 598.81 acres of the 17,463 acres for a school, a farm, and associated buildings. [ 4 ]
Port Gamble Indian Reservation: 1,234 1,301 Port Gamble Bay in Kitsap County: Port Madison Reservation (Suquamish Indian Reservation) 507? 7,486 Western and northern shores of Port Madison, northern Kitsap County: Puyallup Indian Reservation: 4,000 18,061 Primarily northern Pierce County: Quileute Indian Reservation: 371 1,003.4
The lower Puyallup basin is the ancestral home of the Puyallup people, who were relocated after the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty in 1854. The treaty ceded Puyallup lands and created the Puyallup Indian Reservation, which was expanded to include modern-day Fife.
The Puyallup Tribe’s highly anticipated restaurant with chef Roy Yamaguchi, Woven Seafood and Chophouse, will open July 9, and reservations are now available online through OpenTable. An alumnus ...
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In 2015 Amy Eveskcige, who previously worked for Puyallup School District and Tacoma Public Schools, became the superintendent of Chief Leschi. [8] She was the first Puyallup member to be appointed superintendent. [9] In May 2016 the school laid off 50 employees, with 22 of them being certified. The layoffs represented 27% of the employees. [10]