Tribal Organizations of Snohomish County

The following bands and tribes have all, at one point, inhabited the land on which Snohomish County now sits. For more targeted information about the land your hometown is on, visit https://native-land.ca/.

https://www.burkemuseum.org/collections-and-research/culture/contemporary-culture/coast-salish-art/coast-salish-people

The term “Coast Salish Tribes” refers to tribes and bands that inhabited the region from the coast of what is present-day British Columbia, down to Lower Chehalis; inland along the Skagit and Fraser Rivers; along the Juan de Fuca Strait, Strait of Georgia, and Straits Salish; and surrounding the Puget Sound. These tribes also shared an overarching Central Salishan linguistic family, branching off into Lushootseed, Straits Salish (further into Klallam, and more), Twana, et cetera. See the language tree on this page on the Puyallup Tribe's website: https://www.puyalluptriballanguage.org/about/ or consult Native-Languages.org: http://www.native-languages.org/

Chimacum (small tribe related to Quileute - http://www.native-languages.org/chimakum.htm)

• Aqokúlo
• Language formerly spoken: Chemakum, close to Quileute (kʷoʔlí·yot’), part of Chimakuan language family

Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe https://www.pgst.nsn.us/

• Nux Sklai Yem (Strong People)
• Language: Klallam (əxʷsƛ̕ay̕əmúcən), related to Salish

Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe http://www.sauk-suiattle.com/

• Saʔqʷəbixʷ-Suyaƛ̓̀̀ʔbixʷ
• Language: Northern Lushootseed

Skykomish Tribe http://www.native-languages.org/skykomish.htm

• Language: Northern Lushootseed

Snohomish Tribe of Indians http://www.snohomishtribe.com/

• Sduhubš
• https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Snohomish_Tribe
• Language: Northern Lushootseed

Snoqualmie Tribe https://www.snoqualmietribe.us/about

• Sdukʷalbixʷ
• Language: Twulshootseed (Southern Lushootseed) https://www.puyalluptriballanguage.org/about/

Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians https://www.stillaguamish.com/

• Stuləgʷábš (People of the River)
• Language: Northern Lushootseed https://tulaliplushootseed.com/

Suquamish Tribe https://suquamish.nsn.us/

• Dxʷsəqʷəb (People of the Clear Salt Water)
• Language: Northern Lushootseed

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community https://swinomish.org/who-we-are.aspx

• (Swinomish, Samish, Lower Skagit (Sqaĵət), and Kikiallus bands)
• Language: Northern Lushootseed

Tulalip Tribes https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/WhoWeAre/AboutUs

• (Per the website: Tulalip Tribes are the successors in interest to the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish, and other allied bands and tribes that signed the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliot. “[The Tulalip Reservation] was created to provide a permanent home for the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish Tribes and allied bands living in the region.”) The reservation is located in Tulalip, WA, next to Marysville, WA, in the county of Snohomish.

Tribal Partnerships with Snohomish County: Federally Recognized Tribes