State
Washington
In the record
Royce’s schedule records 40 cessions that lie at least partly in Washington, from 1854 to 1892, under 9 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Duwamish, Nez Perce (Nimiipuu), Suquamish, Makah, Puyallup and 6 more.
The atlas records 3 broken treaty promises here, including Nez Perce: the 1855 reservation, the 1863 'thief treaty,' and 1877, Stevens treaty fishing rights: Boldt (1974) and Washington v. Fishing Vessel Ass'n (1979) and Yakama treaty rights: Winans (1905) and Cougar Den (2019). Land has come back here: Real Rent Duwamish, Puyallup Tribe Land Claims Settlement and Heron's Nest returned to the Duwamish Tribe.
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Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Puyallup Tribe of Indians Nation government 1989 Land Claims Settlement (about $162-163M)
- Duwamish Tribal Services (Real Rent Duwamish) Native-led Real Rent Duwamish: Seattle residents pay voluntary 'rent' Give on their site Website
- Na'ah Illahee Fund Native-led Indigenous-led regranting for Land Back (building on E'lip Tilikum Land Conservancy), land and water protection,… Give on their site Website
- Potlatch Fund Native-led Native philanthropy and grantmaking to Native individuals and Native-led organizations Give on their site Website
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
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Contains 46
- Land of the Niskwali, Puyallup and others in Washington, ceded 1854 (area 345)1854
- Reservation of the Niskwali, Puyallup and others in Washington (area 346)1854
- Land of the Cayuse, Umatilla and others in Oregon and Washington, ceded 1855 (area 362)1855
- Land of the Dwamish and Suquamish in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 347)1855
- Land of the Makah in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 355)1855
- Land of the Nez Percé in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, ceded 1863 (area 441)1855
- Land of the Nez Percé in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 366)1855
- Land of the Quil-leh-ute and Qui-nai-elt in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 371)1855
- Land of the Sklallam in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 353)1855
- Land of the Yakima in Washington, ceded 1855 (area 364)1855
- Reservation of the Dwamish and Suquamish in Washington (area 348)1855
- Reservation of the Dwamish and Suquamish in Washington (area 349)1855
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- Reservation of the Dwamish and Suquamish in Washington (area 350)1855
- Reservation of the Dwamish and Suquamish in Washington (area 351)1855
- Reservation of the Makah in Washington (area 356)1855
- Reservation of the Quil-leh-ute and Qui-nai-elt in Washington (area 372)1855
- Reservation of the Quillehute and Quinaielt in Washington (area 551)1855
- Reservation of the Sklallam in Washington (area 354)1855
- Reservation of the Yakima in Washington (area 365)1855
- Land of the Niskwali in Washington, recorded 1857 (area 405)1857
- Reservation of the Muckleshoot Reservation in Washington (area 564)1857
- Reservation of the Niskwali in Washington (area 406)1857
- Nez Perce: the 1855 reservation, the 1863 'thief treaty,' and 18771863suggested
- Land of the Chehalis, Chinook and others in Washington, recorded 1864 (area 458)1864
- Reservation of the Chehalis, Chinook and others in Washington (area 459)1864
- Reservation of the Dwamish in Washington (area 465)1864
- Reservation of the Payallup in Washington (area 493)1866
- Land of the Methow and Okanagan in Idaho, Montana and Washington, recorded 1871 (area 532)1871
- Land of the Methow and Okanagan in Washington, ceded 1872 (area 533)1872
- Reservation of the Methow and Okanagan in Washington (area 536)1872
- Land of the Nez Percé in Oregon and Washington, ceded 1875 (area 545)1873
- Reservation of the Dwamish in Washington (area 555)1873
- Reservation of the Makah in Washington (area 548)1873
- Reservation of the Sklallam (Skokomish) in Washington (area 559)1874
- Land of the Nez Percé (Moses' band) in Washington, ceded 1883 (area 642)1879
- Land of the Nez Percé (Moses' band) in Washington, recorded 1879 (area 659)1879
- Land of the Nez Percé (Moses' band) in Washington, ceded 1883 (area 618)1880
- Land of the Spokane in Washington, ceded 1892 (area 625)1881
- Reservation of the Chehalis in Washington (area 661)1886
- Land of the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington, recorded 1892 (area 718)1892
- Land of the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington, taken 1892 (area 717)1892
- Stevens treaty fishing rights: Boldt (1974) and Washington v. Fishing Vessel Ass'n (1979)1900suggested
- Yakama treaty rights: Winans (1905) and Cougar Den (2019)1900suggested
- Puyallup Tribe Land Claims Settlement1989suggested
- Heron's Nest returned to the Duwamish Tribe2020suggested
- Real Rent Duwamishsuggested
Organizations working here 5
- Duwamish Tribal Services (Real Rent Duwamish)suggested
- Na'ah Illahee Fundsuggested
- Potlatch Fundsuggested
- Puyallup Tribe of Indianssuggested
- Shared Spaces Foundationsuggested
Sources
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