Suquamish

Suquamish is a group of Native American peoples from western

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Washington state in the United States. The Suquamish people settled onto the Port Madison Indian Reservation after signing the Point Elliot Treaty with the former Washington Territory on January 22, 1855. The reservation is composed of two separate parcels which lie on the shores of Port Madison near Poulsbo, Washington.

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The Suquamish language is a dialect of Lushootseed, which belongs to the Salishan language family. Like many Northwest Coast natives, the Suquamish relied on fishing from local rivers and Puget Sound for food and built plank houses (longhouses) to protect themselves from the harsh, wet winters west of the Cascade Mountains.

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The best known member of the Suquamish tribe (who was also by blood part of the Duwamish tribe) was Chief Seattle for whom the city of Seattle is named. Ironically, the "chief" part of his name is attributed to European settlers as the Lushootseed language of the Suquamish people has no word for "chief".

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Washington: Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The state capital is Olympia and the largest city in Washington is Seattle. As of the 2000 census, the state population was approximately 5.9 million and the state work force numbered about 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washin...

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Port Madison Indian Reservation: The Port Madison Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in North Kitsap County, Washington. It occupies 7,284 acres (29.5 km²) on the western and northern shores of Port Madison, and is divided into two separate parcels by Miller Bay. The unincorporated towns of Suquamish and Indianola b...