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The Puyallup Tribe of Indians (/ p j uː ˈ æ l ə p / pew-AL-əp; Twulshootseed: spuyaləpabš, lit. 'people of the bend'; [1] [note 1] commonly known as the Puyallup Tribe) [2] is a federally-recognized tribe of Puyallup people from western Washington state, United States. The tribe is primarily located on the Puyallup Indian Reservation ...
Shelly Schlumpf, president of the Puyallup Historical Society, said they are working with the tribe on the possibility of having tribal art installations at the heritage center, among other things.
The name "Puyallup" is an anglicization of the Lushootseed word spuyaləpabš.The name means "people of the bend (at the bottom of the river)," [2] literally s√puy=áləp=abš, from the root √puy̓, 'curve'; the suffix =alap, 'leg or hip'; and the suffix =abš, 'people', [1] and refers to the way that the Puyallup people live on the winding river. [3]
Whulshootseed is taught at the Muckleshoot Language Program of the Muckleshoot Tribal College in Auburn, Washington, at a local school, and by the Puyallup Tribal Language Program. [6] [7] [8] A 1999 video, Muckleshoot: a People and Their Language profiles the Muckleshoot Whulshootseed Language Preservation Project. [9]
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 stone may have astronomical significance to the Puyallup tribe of Native ... Washington State Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, October 8, 2009;
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians plans to redevelop the site of its former Emerald Queen Tacoma I-5 Casino into an entertainment district, according to pre-application plans filed with the city of ...
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]