Sahewamish (tribe)
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The Sahewamish are a Northwest Native American tribe. 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.
The tribal headquarters are now in the Nisqually Reservation, Yelm, Washington.
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
- 1824 Treaty of Medicine Creek
Language
As of 1990, there were about 60 older adult speakers of the Sahewamish language, from the Salishan phylum, Central Salish stock, Twana family, Southern Lushootseed language group.Notes
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