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Town of Deming, Washington in western Whatcom County: 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
Bennett helped organize a week-long occupation of the Cushman Hospital in 1976; the hospital sat on lands stolen from the Puyallup and given to the state of Washington. [2] [13] In 1974, the so-called Boldt decision (United States v. State of Washington) ruled that Native Americans of Washington have secured treaty assurances to half of the ...
The Nooksack (/ ˈ n ʊ k s æ k /; Nooksack: Noxwsʼáʔaq) are a federally recognized Native American tribe near the Pacific Northwest Coast.They are a sovereign nation, located in the mainland northwest corner of Washington state in the United States along the Nooksack River near the small town of Deming (in western Whatcom County), and 12 miles south of the Canadian border. [1]
The term Northwest Coast or North West Coast is used in anthropology to refer to the groups of Indigenous people residing along the coast of what is now called British Columbia, Washington State, parts of Alaska, Oregon, and Northern California. The term Pacific Northwest is largely used in the American context.
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (Lushootseed: sqaǰətabš) is a federally-recognized Indian tribe located in the U.S. state of Washington.The tribe is the successor-in-interest to approximately eleven [a] historic tribes (or bands) which had many permanent villages along the Skagit River in what is now Skagit County.
In the 1990s, the tribe ranked as one of the poorest in the state, with ninety percent of tribal members living below the poverty line. [7] The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is part of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. They provide medical care for American Indian and Alaska Native people, as well as local non-Native people. Their ...
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (Lushootseed: sdukʷalbixʷ) [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Snoqualmie people.They are Coast Salish Native American peoples from the Snoqualmie Valley in east King and Snohomish Counties in Washington state.
Pages in category "Washington (state) placenames of Native American origin" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .