FDI - Muckleshoot

The Muckleshoot were a sedentary coastal hunter/gatherer group of tribes which relied heavily on fishing. They were located on the White River from Kent to the mountains and possibly including some areas of the Green River. They suffered from the White influx.

Year	*History*
1787	Strait of Juan de Fuca discovered by Charles Barkley
1790	Manual Quimper explored both shores of strait
1792	Area charted by Capt. George Vancouver
1827	Hudson Bay Company founded Fort Langley
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1843	Hudson Bay Company founded Victoria
1854	Tribes moved to Nisqually Reservation
1870	Smallpox epidemic
1874	Muckleshoot Reservation established
1936	Ratified tribal constitution
1999	Muckleshoot Mall, Muckleshoot Casino, and White River Amphitheater opened

Year	Population	Source
1700	1,200	NAHDB calculation
1800	1,200	NAHDB calculation
1856	1,200	Swanton
1900	500	NAHDB calculation
1937	194	US Indian Office
1973	467	BIA
1989	2,963	BIA
2000	3,300	NAHDB calculation

Muckleshoot Sites:

Ballard, Arthur Records Records and Translated Legends ... http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2563

Emarald Downs ... http://www.emdowns.com/

Last Few Whulshootseed Speakers ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002173798_muckleshoot08m.html

Muckleshoot Casino http://www.muckleshootcasino.com/

Muckleshoot Flag http://users.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/muckle.htm

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3636

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe http://www2.ihs.gov/PortlandAO/about/Muckleshoot.asp

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe http://www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/

Muckleshoot Native American Tribe http://www.ohwy.com/wa/m/mcklshoo.htm

Muckleshoot Project Blends Culture with Design http://www.djc.com/news/ae/11151123.html

Muckleshoot Salmon http://www.julieleung.com/archives/000147.html

Muckleshoots Begin Selling Tribe Salmon http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/143444

Muckleshoot Tribal Profile http://www.npaihb.org/profiles/tribal_profiles/Washington/Muckleshoot%20Tribal%20Profile.htm

Muckleshoot Tribe Work Study http://depts.washington.edu/stepcofs/Muckleshoot/Muckleshoot_involvement.htm

Muckleshoot Tribe http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1558.html

Muckleshoot Tribe Properties http://www.muckleshootbingo.com/muckleshoottribeproperties.html

Muckleshoot Tribe Pumps Up Auburn Economy http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1998/07/13/focus4.html

Muckleshoot Tribe to Loose Sacred Sites http://www.washingtonfreepress.org/30/Quick.html

Muckleshoot Tribe Trying to Save Language http://www.indianz.com/News/2005/006406.asp

Native Americans of Puget Sound http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1506

Northwest Coast Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_coastal_culture.htm

Salish, Southern Puget Sound Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=SLH

Salish, Southern Puget Sound Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=SLH

Vancouver Begins British Survey of Puget Sound, 1792 http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5230

Whulsootseed Alphabet http://www.wrvmuseum.org/alphabet.swf

*Ethnie:*	MUCKLESHOOT
*Language:*	Salish, Southern Puget Sound
*Family:*	Twana
*Stock:*	Central Salish
*Phylum:*	Salishan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest