843 results for: Puget Sound
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Pilchuck Julia, Snohomish, 1915
The Snohomish (written Sduhubš in their language) are a Coast Salish people who have lived along the Snohomish River since time immemorial. Their largest village was Hibulb, near the mouth of the river in what is now Everett. Like their other Coast Salish neighbors, the Snohomish used dugout canoes to travel along rivers and around Puget Sound. Salmon fishing was…
ID Number:SHS12888
Date:1915
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Steilacoom John and Annie, circa 1905
The Steilacoom are a Coast Salish people whose historic lands are near the current town of Steilacoom, southwest of Tacoma. The Steilacoom consisted of five bands: Steilacoom, Sastuck, Spanaway, Tilhlow, and Segwallitchew. Unlike many of their neighbors the Steilacoom did not live near a glacier-fed river, but on land featuring a group of lakes and creeks. The Steilacoom were affected…
ID Number:SHS19058
Date:Circa 1905
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Quileute Indians in a western Washington hop field, 1904
The Quileute are an Indigenous people whose historic lands are on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, in the valleys of the Quillayute and Hoh Rivers. The Quileute are not related to either the Makah to the north or the Coast Salish peoples of western Washington and the Quileute language is unrelated to any other in the world. Quileute…
ID Number:SHS19061
Date:1904