The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians, formerly known as the Stillaguamish Tribe of Washington, is a

federally recognized tribe This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...

Stillaguamish people Stillaguamish people ( lut, stuləgʷábš) are a Native American tribe located in northwest Washington in the United States near the city of Arlington, Washington, near the river that bears their name, the Stillaguamish River. They are an indig ...

. They are a tribe of Southern

Coast Salish The Coast Salish is a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coas ...

indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest The Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political identities. They share certain beliefs, traditions and practices, such as the centrality of sal ...

located in

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

. Other Stillaguamish people are enrolled in the

Tulalip Tribes The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (, lut, dxʷlilap), formerly known as the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Duwamish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people. Th ...

Name

The name has been used since 1850 to refer to indigenous peoples living along the

Stillaguamish River The Stillaguamish River is a river in the northwestern region of the U.S. state of Washington. It is mainly composed of two forks, the longer North Fork Stillaguamish () and the South Fork Stillaguamish. The two forks join near Arlington. From ...

. In 1855, they used the name Stoluck-wa-mish, which is how they sign the

Point Elliott Treaty The Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855, or the Point Elliott Treaty,—also known as Treaty of Point Elliot (with one ''t'') / Point Elliott Treaty—is the lands settlement treaty between the United States government and the Native American tribes ...

Reservation

The Stillaguamish Tribe's trust lands are located in

Snohomish County, Washington Snohomish County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. With a population of 827,957 as of the 2020 census, it is the third-most populous county in Washington, after nearby King and Pierce counties, and the 75th-most populous ...

. The tribe was granted a reservation by the federal government in 2014.

Government

The Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians is headquartered in

Arlington, Washington Arlington is a city in northern Snohomish County, Washington, United States, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. The city lies on the Stillaguamish River in the western foothills of the Cascade Range, adjacent to the city of Marysville. It i ...

. They ratified their constitution on 31 January 1953. The tribe is governed by a six-member, democratically elected Board of Directors. As of 1 July 2022 the board was as follows: * Chairman: Eric White * Vice Chairman: Jeremy Smith * Treasurer: Tara Smith * Secretary: Kadi Bizyayeva * Member: Gary Tatro * Member: Stacy White."Tribal Government."
''Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians.'' Retrieved 13 Sept. 2022. The tribe petitioned the US federal government for

federal recognition This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United ...

in 1974; it was granted on 7 February 1979.

Language

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

is commonly spoken by the tribe. Formerly tribal members spoke

Lushootseed Lushootseed (txʷəlšucid, dxʷləšúcid), also Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish or Skagit-Nisqually, is a language made up of a dialect continuum of several Salish tribes of modern-day Washington state. Lushootseed is one of the Coast Salish ...

, a

Central Salish language The Salishan (also Salish) languages are a family of languages of the Pacific Northwest in North America (the Canadian province of British Columbia and the American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). They are characterised by ag ...

. The language is written in the

Latin script The Latin script, also known as Roman script, is an alphabetic writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae, in southern Italy ...

and a dictionary and grammar have been written in the Lushootseed.

Economic Development

The Stillaguamish Tribal Business Development Department develops and works in partnership with the Board of Directors for the tribe's businesses that include River Rock Tobacco & Fuel and the Angel of the Winds Casino Resort, all located in Arlington."Angel of the Winds Casino."
''500 Nations.'' Retrieved 26 Sept 2013.

Notes

References

* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .

External links

Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians
official website
''Esther Ross and the Struggle for Stillaguamish Identity''
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