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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.
From 1873 to 1880, Henry Sicade attended the Puyallup Indian School. [11] He was the great-nephew of Leschi (Nisqually) and the grandson of Chief Stann of the Puyallup Tribe. [12] Due to his hardships at the school, he went on to help start the Fife Public Schools as an alternative education for native children in the area. [13]
The heritage center will highlight many groups that helped build the community, including the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. Shelly Schlumpf, president of the Puyallup Historical Society, said they ...
The Emerald Queen, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians’ riverboat casino that operated from 1997 to 2004, is pictured while moored in Blair Waterway in a Nov. 9, 2006, file photo.
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 ...
One of the many ways Native American influence shines through the United States is in our place names.
Chief Leschi Schools is a Native American tribal school located in the Puyallup Valley near Mount Rainier in Washington.It is a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m 2) facility which is intended to be a model for Native American education.