Puyallup Tribe

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Puyallup Tribe

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Homeland: Southern Puget Sound, Washington

Tribal Headquarters

Puyallup Tribe
3009 East Portland Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98404
Phone: 253-573-7800
Website

The Puyallup Tribe is on the Puyallup Reservation in Washington.

History

Brief Timeline

1792: George Vancouver a British explorer encounters the tribe.

1827: Fort Langley established by the Hudson Bay Company

1839: Catholic missionaries, arrive in the area

1854: Treaty of Medicine Creek - established the Puyallup Reservation

1855-1856: Yakima War

1887: Lands were allotted

1900: Puyallup Reservation land lost to railroad companies

1934: Tribe reorganized with a constitution

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Puyallup tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

A brief history of the Puyallup Tribe is available online.

Reservations

Puyallup Reservation

Agencies

Tulalip Agency

Puyallup Agency

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters. They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number	FS Library Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number	FS Library Film Number
Puyallup	Tulalip Agency, 1854-1952	Seattle	-	-	Rolls 302, 407-09	FS Library Films: 583041-583052
Puyallup	Puyallup Agency, 1855-1920	Seattle	-	-	Rolls 407-09	FS Library Films: 581401-581403

Treaty

• 1854 December 26, Medicine Creek, Territory of Washington, with the Nisqualli, cessions, removal, annuities

Vital Records

• Tulalip Agency, M595,
  

Births and deaths 1924-1931, FS Library|Film: 583049
Births and deaths 1932-1933, FS Library|Film: 583050

Important Websites

• Official Puyuallup Tribal web site
• Constitution and By-Laws of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation Washington
• Puyallup Tribe Wikipedia