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Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

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Official name
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
Recorded status
Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
Region
Washington

In the record

C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 1 cession of land from Muckleshoot Indian Tribe. It came through executive orders.

One court case turned on its rights: United States v. Washington (Boldt decision).

The records group it with Stevens treaty tribes of western Washington. This nation carries the history of Duwamish and Puyallup in the treaty record.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.

Treaty under documented pressureExecutive orderShapes from the 1899 federal record: approximate, not legal boundaries.

The record over time

178018001850190019502000todayTreatiesTreaty of Point Elliott, 1855 (1855)Treaty of Medicine Creek, 1854 (1854)Land takenLand of the Niskwali, Puyallup and others in Washington, ceded 1854 (area 345) (1854)Land of the Dwamish and Suquamish in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 347) (1855)Promises brokenTreaty of Medicine Creek (1854): small reservations, the Nisqually War, Leschi, and the Puyallup claims (1854)Stevens treaty fishing rights: Boldt (1974) and Washington v. Fishing Vessel Ass'n (1979) (1900)In courtUnited States v. Washington (Boldt decision) (1974)Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game (Puyallup I) (1968)Land returnedHeron's Nest returned to the Duwamish Tribe (2020)Puyallup Tribe Land Claims Settlement (1989)

Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.

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Official names

Land recorded as ceded

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe About 0 thousand acres recorded as ceded by the end of 1894

Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.

1 cession. Follow Muckleshoot Indian Tribe through the years on the map

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Connections

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Carries the treaty history of 2

Part of 1

Land recorded in this nation’s name 1, as named in the 1899 record

Named in 1

Sources

  1. muckleshoot.nsn.us/historyunclassified
    The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is composed of descendants of the Native people who inhabited the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup watersheds
  2. federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
    Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
  3. Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
    Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes

Named in tribe-org-map only; not researched.

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