Squaxin_Island_Tribe

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Squaxin Island Tribe

Squaxin Island Tribe (also Squaxin, Squaxon) is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States. The Squaxin Island tribe is made up of several subtribes: the Noo-Seh-Chatl, Steh-Chass, Squi-Aitl, T'Peeksin, Sa-Heh-Wa-Mish, Squawksin, and S'Hotle-Ma-Mish. The tribe lives along several inlets of southern Puget Sound. The Squaxin Island Tribe language belongs to the Salishan family of Native American languages. The tribe moved onto their reservation in modern-day Mason County, Washington, in 1855. The Squaxin Island Tribe was one of the first Native American tribes in the U.S. to enter into the Self Governance Demonstration Project with the federal government.

Squaxin Island Indian Reservation

The Squaxin Island Indian Reservation is in southeastern Mason County, Washington. Most of the main reservation is composed of Squaxin Island, but there is also a small part of at Kamilche, in addition to two parcels of off-reservation trust land near Kamilche, as well as a plot of

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