Tulalip Tribes of Washington
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"Welcome, friends and neighbors; we are the Tulalip (pronounced Tuh’-lay-lup) Tribes, successors in interest to the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skykomish and other allied tribes and bands signatory to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott. Our tribal population is about 4,000 and growing, with 2,500 members residing on the 22,000 acre Tulalip Indian Reservation located north of Everett and the Snohomish River and west of Marysville, Washington."
http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/
Notes
- The tribe has been central to the restoration of the Snohomish Estuary
- Tribal land acquisition is including riverscape parcels in the Lower Skykomish Floodplain
- Tulalip Tribe is signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliot and has 5100 enrolled members as of 2023.
- The tribal council is governed by a seven-member board elected for 3-year terms.
- Their usual and accustomed hunting, fishing and gathering areas overlap with the Suquamish Tribe, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to the west and south, Stillaguamish Tribe to the north, and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe upstream.
