Sahewamish
Ethnic group
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United States (Washington) | |
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English, Lushootseed | |
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other Salishan Twana peoples |
The Sahewamish are a Northwest Native American tribe of Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish people. They were fisherman and hunter-gatherers, sedentary, and lived in the southwestern inlets of Puget Sound from Shelton, Washington, to the Nisqually River. There were about six villages.[1]
While some descendants of the tribe live on the Nisqually Reservation near Olympia, others live on the Squaxin Island Tribe reservation near Shelton.
History
- 1787 Strait of Juan de Fuca
- 1788 Area visited by John Meares
- 1790 Both shores of strait explored by Manuel Quimper
- 1792 Area charted by Captain George Vancouver
- 1827 Hudson's Bay Company founded Fort Langley
- 1841 Influx of Oregon Trail settlers begin and conflicts develop
- 1854 Treaty of Medicine Creek
Language
In 1990, there were about 60 older adult speakers of the Sahewamish dialect, of the Salishan Lushootseed language.
Notes
- ^ "Sahewamish". Four Directions Institute. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
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Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound
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- Salishan oral narratives
- dukʷibəɬ
- Transformer/Changer
- Spirit Powers
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Southern peoples |