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Nisqually · nisqually · nisqualli · Squalli-absch · Nisqually Indian TribeNisqually
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- Pacific Northwest
In the record
The United States made one treaty or agreement that names Nisqually as a party: Treaty of Medicine Creek, 1854.
The atlas records 2 broken treaty promises involving Nisqually: Treaty of Medicine Creek (1854): small reservations, the Nisqually War, Leschi, and the Puyallup claims and Stevens treaty fishing rights: Boldt (1974) and Washington v. Fishing Vessel Ass'n (1979). 2 court cases turned on their rights: Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game (Puyallup I) and United States v. Washington (Boldt decision).
The records group it with Stevens treaty tribes of western Washington. Today, Nisqually Indian Tribe carries this history, as their own pages or research records say.
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.
The record over time
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.
Names
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Self-names
- Squalli-abschLushootseed (as written by the tribe)
Official names
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Nisqually Indian Tribe
- Duwamish Tribe
- Snohomish Tribe of Indians
- Steilacoom Tribe
- Stevens treaty tribes of western Washington
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Connections
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 4, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Named in 4
- Treaty of Medicine Creek (1854): small reservations, the Nisqually War, Leschi, and the Puyallup claims1854
- Stevens treaty fishing rights: Boldt (1974) and Washington v. Fishing Vessel Ass'n (1979)1900
- Puyallup Tribe v. Department of Game (Puyallup I)1968
- United States v. Washington (Boldt decision)1974
Part of 1
Party to 1
Present-day governments that carry this history 1
Sources
- nisqually-nsn.gov/reference work
the Squalli-absch (ancestors of the modern Nisqually Indian Tribe), came north from the Great Basin
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Nisqually Indian Tribe
Research notes
NARA Nisqualli.
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