The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (''S·dukʷalbixʷ''), 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 Unite ...

Snoqualmie people The Snoqualmie people (Lushootseed: ''sdukʷalbixʷ'') are a southern Coast Salish indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their homelands span the Snoqualmie Valley in east King and Snohomish counties in Washington state. Today, the ...

. They are

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Native American peoples from the

Snoqualmie Valley The Snoqualmie Valley is a farming and timber-producing region located along the Snoqualmie River in Western Washington, United States. The valley stretches from the confluence of the three forks of the river at North Bend to the confluence of th ...

in east

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and Snohomish Counties in

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state. Other names for the Snoqualmies include Snoqualmu, Snoqualmoo, Snoqualmick, Snoqualamuke, and Snuqualmi.

History

Some Snoqualmies settled onto the

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Reservation after signing the

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with the

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in 1855, but many remained in their ancestral homelands around the

and

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. At that time they were one of the largest tribes in the

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region numbering around 4,000. In 1937 the Federal Government proposed granting a reservation though in the end the land was never given. The tribe lost federal recognition in 1953. In October 1999, the

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once again granted recognition to the Snoqualmie. They purchased land for and were granted a

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near

Snoqualmie, Washington Snoqualmie ( ) is a city next to Snoqualmie Falls in King County, Washington, United States. It is east of Seattle. Snoqualmie city is home to the Northwest Railway Museum. The population was 10,670 at the 2010 census and an estimated 13,62 ...

, on which the tribe opened the Snoqualmie Casino in 2008. They have tried and failed on several occasions to secure a reservation on their ancestral lands along the Tolt River (a tributary of the

Snoqualmie River The Snoqualmie River is a long river in King County and Snohomish County in the U.S. state of Washington. The river's three main tributaries are the North, Middle, and South Forks, which drain the west side of the Cascade Mountains near the town ...

) until the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Forest was purchased by the tribe at the end of 2021. The in East

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holds environmental, economic, and historic value to the tribe. The land, most recently used for industrial timber, will be sustainably harvested while the ecosystem is managed to support the native plant and wildlife populations.

Government

The Snoqualmie Tribe is governed by a Tribal constitution and an elected Council. The Tribe's governing structure includes building codes, health codes and other standard governmental functions.

References

External links

Snoqualmie Tribe
Official Snoqualmie Tribe web site
Snoqualmie Rights Day
Official information about Snoqualmie Rights Day and tribal sovereignty
Snoqualmie Tribe Culture Department
Official web site of the Snoqualmie Tribe Culture Department {{DEFAULTSORT:Snoqualmie Tribe Coast Salish governments Federally recognized tribes in the United States Native American tribes in Washington (state) King County, Washington

History

Government

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