Sahewamish tribe
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The Sahewamish are a Northwest Native American tribe of the Lushootseed people. They were fisherman and hunter/gatherers, sedentary, and lived in the southwestern inlets of Puget Sound from Shelton, Washington to Nisqually. 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 reservation near Shelton.
[edit] 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
[edit] Language
As of 1990, there were about 60 older adult speakers of the Sahewamish dialect, from the Salishan phylum, Central Salish stock, Twana family, Southern Lushootseed language.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Sahewamish". Four Directions Institute. http://www.fourdir.com/SAHEWAMISH.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-05.[dead link]
