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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.
Map of reservations in Washington state. ... Puyallup Indian Reservation: 4,000 18,061 Primarily northern Pierce County: Quileute Indian Reservation: 371 1,003.4
A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the ... Puyallup Reservation: Washington: 46,816: 28.58 (74.01) 0.85 ...
Fife is entirely within the Puyallup Indian Reservation created in 1854, but title is held almost entirely by non-Native Americans. [15] [16] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.964 square miles (15.45 km 2), of which 5.834 square miles (15.11 km 2) is land and 0.130 square miles (0.34 km 2) is water. [2]
Puyallup (/ p juː ˈ æ l ə p / ⓘ pew-AL-əp) is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States.It is on the Puyallup River about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle.
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 ]
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