Nation
Puyallup Tribe of Indians · puyallup tribe · Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation · puyaləpabš · spuyaləpabš · puyaləpabs · spuyaləpabsPuyallup Tribe of Indians
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- Official name
- Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Washington
In the record
The records group it with Stevens treaty tribes of western Washington. This nation carries the history of 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.
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
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- puyaləpabšLushootseed
- spuyaləpabšLushootseed
Official names
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty under documented pressure2 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
2 cessions. Follow Puyallup through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
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
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 3, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Part of 1
Carries the treaty history of 1
Sources
- puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/reference work
The Puyallup Tribe of Indians have lived along the shores of the Puget Sound in Washington State for thousands of years.
- puyalluptribe-nsn.gov/about-our-tribe/reference work
In our Lushootseed language, we are known as the puyaləpabš.
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation
- 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
From org-puyallup-tribe.
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