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

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 indi ...

. 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 Coa ...

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 o ...

. Other Stillaguamish people are enrolled in the Tulalip Tribes.

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

Government

The Tribe's constitution, approved by the Tribal Council on January 31, 1953, provides for the administrative responsibilities of Tribal government to be handled by the popularly elected six-member Stillaguamish Tribal Council. The Tribal Council is composed of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and two Members."Tribal Government."
''Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians.'' Retrieved July 31, 2023. As of June 2023, the Stillaguamish Tribal Council/Board of Directors is as follows: * Chairman: Eric White * Vice Chairman: Jeremy Smith * Treasurer: Gary Tatro * Secretary: Kadi Bizyayeva * Member: Joshua Wells * Member: Stacy White The Tribe petitioned the federal government for recognition in 1974; it was granted on October 27, 1976.

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 Salis ...

, a Central Salish language. 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 I ...

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 September 26, 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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