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Quil Ceda Village (Lushootseed: qʷəl'sidəʔ ʔalʔaltəd) [2] is a municipality established by the federally recognized Tulalip Tribes of Washington within the Tulalip Indian Reservation in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It includes the Quil Ceda Village Business Park, a commercial development constructed and operated by the ...
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (/ t ʊ ˈ l eɪ l ɪ p /, Lushootseed: dxʷlilap [a]), formerly known as the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Duwamish, [3] Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people. [1]
Manasseh Cutler (May 13, 1742 – July 28, 1823) was an American Congregational clergyman involved in the American Revolutionary War.He was influential in the passage of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and wrote the section prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory.
The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.
In 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, which set an important precedent by establishing the first organized territory under the control of the confederated government. After Congressional efforts to amend the Articles failed, numerous American leaders met in Philadelphia in 1787 to establish a new constitution.
The meaning of the word sduhubš has been debated by linguists and tribal historians. According to the Tulalip Tribes and several ethnologists and historians, the name means "many men" or "lots of people." [4] [5] William Shelton, a prominent leader of the Snohomish people in the early 20th century, said that it meant "lowland people". [6]
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington is a federally recognized tribe based in Tulalip Bay, Washington. The tribe was created by the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott as the successor to the Snohomish, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, and Stillaguamish peoples. Although most Snoqualmie stayed in their homelands, many Snoqualmie were able to gain land on the ...
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