Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

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Various spellings: Swinomish, Swinamish

Tribal Headquarters

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
11404 Moorage Way
LaConner, WA 98257
Phone: 1.360.466.7200

• Official Swinomish Tribal web site

History

Brief Timeline

1827: The tribe began trading at Fort Langley

• 1855 January 22, at Point Elliott with the Dwamish, Suquamish,Etc.,
  

1855: The Swinomish Reservation was established

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 Swinomish 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 Swinomish Tribe is available online.

Reservations

Swinomish Reservation

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	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M 595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Swinomish	Tulalip Agency, 1854-1952	Seattle	-	-	582-93	FHL Films: 583041-583052

Treaty

• 1855 January 22, at Point Elliott with the Dwamish, Suquamish,Etc.,

Vital Records

• Tulalip Agency, M595,

Births and deaths 1924-1931, FHL Film: 583049
Births and deaths 1932-1933, FHL Film: 583050

Important Websites

• Official Swinomish Tribal web site
• Constitution and By-laws of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
• Swinomish Tribe Wikipedia

Family History Library (FHL); now called, FamilySearch Library (FSL)