Nation
Squaxin Island · squaxin island · People of the Water · Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation · dəxʷč̓aʔč̓aʔał (Noo-Seh-Chatl) · sqʷax̌səd (Squawksin) · sq̓ʷayaił (Squi-Aitl) · st̓əč̓as (Steh-Chass) · sx̌əƛ̓əb (S’Hotl-Ma-Mish) · sʔəhiw̓ (Sa-Heh-Wa-Mish) · təpikʷsəd (T’Peeksin) · dəxwcaʔcaʔał (Noo-Seh-Chatl) · sqwaxsəd (Squawksin) · sqwayaił (Squi-Aitl) · stəcas (Steh-Chass) · sxəƛəb (S’Hotl-Ma-Mish) · sʔəhiw (Sa-Heh-Wa-Mish) · təpikwsəd (T’Peeksin)Squaxin Island
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- Region
- Pacific Northwest
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Squaxin Island: Treaty of Medicine Creek (1854): small reservations, the Nisqually War, Leschi, and the Puyallup claims.
The records group it with Stevens treaty tribes of western Washington. Today, Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation 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.
Names
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Other names in English
Peoples within this name
- dəxʷč̓aʔč̓aʔał (Noo-Seh-Chatl)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
- sqʷax̌səd (Squawksin)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
- sq̓ʷayaił (Squi-Aitl)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
- st̓əč̓as (Steh-Chass)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
- sx̌əƛ̓əb (S’Hotl-Ma-Mish)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
- sʔəhiw̓ (Sa-Heh-Wa-Mish)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
- təpikʷsəd (T’Peeksin)Lushootseed + treaty-era English spelling
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
- Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation
- 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
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Connections
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 2, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Part of 1
Named in 1
Present-day governments that carry this history 1
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Squaxin Island Tribe of the Squaxin Island Reservation
- squaxinisland.org/unclassified
Because of our strong cultural connection with the water, we are also known as the People of the Water.
Research notes
Named in V051 only.
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