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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 249. Not illustrated. Chapters: Muckleshoot, Nez Perce, Duwamish, Treaty of Point Elliott, Ktunaxa, Coast Salish, Makah, Coast Salish Languages, Coeur D’alene Tribe, Colville Indian Reservation, Quileute, Sahaptin People, Sammamish, Quinault Treaty, Sanpoil, Spokane People, Lummi, Cayuse, Sinkiuse-Columbia, Nisqually, Samish, Okanagan People, Chinook People, Puyallup, Yakama, Palus, Nespelem, Wasco-Wishram, Klickitat, Walla Walla, Snoqualmie, Tulalip, Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Sauk-Suiattle, Suquamish, Wanapum, Nooksack, Lumni Nation, Chehalis, Saanich, Chemakum Language, Chelan, Skokomish, Hoh, Entiat, Cowlitz, Wenatchi, Methow, Upper Skagit, Sahewamish, Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Chehalis People, Willapa People, Watlata, Kalispel, Cathlamet. Excerpt: Southern Lushootseed, English The Duwamish tribe (pronounced in Lushootseed) is a Native American tribe in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle, where they have been living since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 B.C.E., 10,000 years ago). The Duwamish tribe descends from at least two distinct groups from before intense contact with people of European ancestrythe People of the Inside (the environs of Elliott Bay) and the People of the Large Lake (Lake Washington)and continues to evolve both culturally and ethnically. By historic language, the Duwamish are (Skagit-Nisqually) Lushootseed; Lushootseed is a Salishan language. Adjacent tribes throughout the Puget Sound-Strait of Georgia basin were, and are, interconnected and interrelated, yet distinct. The present-day Duwamish tribe developed in parallel with the times of the Treaty of Point Elliott and its aftermath in the 1850s. Although not recognized by the U.S. federal government, the Duwamish remain an organized tribe with roughly 500 enrolled members as of 2004. In 2009, the Duwamish tri…
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