Land of the Suquamish Tribe

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The Land of the Suquamish Tribe is the ancestral and contemporary homeland of the Suquamish people, a Coast Salish tribe centered around the Port Madison Indian Reservation in Washington State.

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Land of the Suquamish Tribe canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous territory
ancestral homeland
contemporary homeland
cultural landscape
tribal land
associatedWith Coast Salish peoples
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Point Elliott
borders Port Madison Reservation
surface form: Port Madison Bay

Puget Sound
centeredOn Port Madison Indian Reservation
contains Port Madison Indian Reservation
governedBy Suquamish Tribal Council
surface form: Suquamish Tribal Government
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Suquamish people
hasEcosystemType coastal marine environment
estuarine habitat
temperate rainforest
hasHistoricalSignificanceFor Suquamish people
hasKeySpecies clams
crab
oysters
salmon
hasLegalStatus federally recognized tribal land
tribal reservation land
hasPrimaryCommunity Suquamish, Washington
hasPrimaryLanguageTradition Lushootseed
Lushootseed
surface form: Suquamish dialect of Lushootseed
hasTraditionalUse burial grounds
ceremonial sites
fishing grounds
gathering areas
hunting areas
shellfish harvesting areas
village sites
isCentralTo Suquamish cultural identity
Suquamish spiritual practices
Suquamish traditional economy
isHomelandOf Suquamish Tribe
Suquamish people
isRecognizedAs Indigenous homeland
tribal homeland
locatedIn Kitsap County
surface form: Kitsap County, Washington

Port Madison Indian Reservation
United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington
surface form: Washington State
overlapsWith traditional Coast Salish marine areas
partOf Coast Salish peoples
surface form: Coast Salish territories
subjectTo Suquamish tribal jurisdiction
United States federal Indian law
traditionalTerritoryOf Suquamish Tribe

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Port Madison Reservation category Land of the Suquamish Tribe