The Squaxin Island Tribe is a federally recognized tribe located in Mason County, Washington. They are descended from several Southern Coast Salish peoples...
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Squaxin Island is in the extreme southwestern part of Puget Sound in Mason County, Washington, United States. The island is an Indian reservation of the...
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city. Olympia borders Lacey to the east and Tumwater to the south. The Squaxin and other Coast Salish peoples inhabited the southern Puget Sound region...
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Squaxin Park is a public park located in Olympia, Washington. Established in 1905, it was the city's first waterfront park, providing access to the Budd...
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Spokane Reservation Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation (previously listed as Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation...
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charged Benally and business partner Farley BlueEyes on related crimes. The Squaxin Island Tribe opened the United States' first tribal-controlled cannabis...
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spoken by the Muckleshoot, Puyallup, Suquamish, Duwamish, Nisqually, and Squaxin Island tribes. The last native speaker was Ellen Williams (1923–2016) and...
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Creek band Nisqually Lake band Muck Creek band Meshal/Mashel - bəšalabš Squaxin Island - sqʷax̌sədəbš Sahewamish - shiʔwəbš T'Peeksin - təpikʷšədabš Squiatl...
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Spokane Reservation Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation (previously listed as Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation...
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grandfather, was a puller in the Samish Nation's canoe in the 2012 Paddle to Squaxin. "These majestic vessels, crafted from a single log often hundreds of years...
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peoples in the Puget Sound region, including the Duwamish, Suquamish, Squaxin, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Nisqually, and Puyallup in the south and the...
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The area was originally home to the present-day Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin, Steilacoom, and Muckleshoot tribes. The majority of Puyallup villages...
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several neighboring Native American communities, including the Skokomish and Squaxin peoples. In the 1830s, white fur traders built a blockhouse on the bluff...
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Treaty of Medicine Creek are Nisqually, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Squawskin (Squaxin Island), S'Homamish, Stehchass, T'Peeksin, Squi-aitl, and Sa-heh-wamish...
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period, the United States forced non-combatant Puyallup to be confined to Squaxin Island, to segregate them from the "hostiles". The war ended with the 1856...
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The Indian Shaker Church is a Christian denomination founded in 1881 by Squaxin shaman John Slocum and his wife Mary Slocum in Washington state. The Indian...
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drill, with its wood. The Squaxin cut young branches for building sweat lodges. The tree had medicinal value as well. The Squaxin used the bark for sore...
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Indian Island Marrowstone Island Maury Island McNeil Island Mercer Island Squaxin Island Vashon Island Whidbey Island Urban centers: Seattle Tacoma Olympia...
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from the original on November 14, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016. "Squaxin Island Tribe enters marijuana compact in Washington". Indianz. Retrieved...
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an subgroup of the Nisqually people; who became part of the post-treaty Squaxin Island Tribe) for thousands of years. "Steh-Chass" is the Lushootseed name...
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incumbent tribal chairman A.J. Not Afraid Jr. Kristopher Peters was elected Squaxin Island Tribe tribal council chairman, defeating incumbent Arnold Cooper...
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Island Guemes Island Harstine Island Herron Island Indian Island Marrowstone Island Maury Island McNeil Island Squaxin Island Vashon Island Whidbey Island...
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(1838 – 11 November 1897), also known as John Slocum, was a member of the Squaxin Island Tribe, Coast Salish, and a reputed holy man and prophet who founded...
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land was previously called "Cota" and was inhabited and managed by the Squaxin Island Tribe, or "People of the Waters", who had inhabited the land for...
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Reservation Washington 2,096 238.10 (616.67) 12.34 (31.97) 250.44 (648.63) yes Squaxin Island Reservation Washington 431 3.35 (8.67) 0.031 (0.079) 3.38 (8.75)...
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Island Hood Canal Lake Cushman Mason Lake Olympic Mountains Puget Sound Squaxin Island Totten Inlet Oakland Bay U.S. 101 SR 3 SR 108 SR 106 Jefferson County...
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Oregon Territory. Treaty of Medicine Creek The Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island tribes, along with six other smaller Native American tribes cede...
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Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo) Songhees (Lekwungen) Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) Squaxin Stillaguamish Stó꞉lō Aitchelitz Chawathil Cheam Kwantlen Kwikwetlem Katzie...
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Casino and Resort Shelton Mason Washington Native American Owned by the Squaxin Island Tribe Lucky Dog Casino Potlatch Mason Washington Native American...
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gathering area for native peoples. The area was of specific value to the Squaxin Island Tribe who inhabited the original estuary for millennium. After settlement...
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