Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
 Shoalwater Bay in western Washington | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 373 enrolled citizens[1] (2016) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Northwestern Washington, U.S. | |
| Languages | |
| Chinookan languages | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Lower Chehalis, Lower Chinook,[1] Quinault Indian Nation.[2] |
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Native American tribe[3] in western Washington state in the United States.
The tribe includes Low Chehalis, Lower Chinook,[1][2] and the Northern Athabaskan–speaking Willapa (Kwalhioqua) people. In 2016, the tribe had 373 enrolled citizens.[1]
The Shoalwater Bay Tribe governs the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Its tribal headquarters is in Tokeland, Washington.[2]
Reservation
[edit]The Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located west of Tokeland (46°43′22″N 124°01′33″W / 46.72278°N 124.02583°W) on the southwest coast of Washington in northwestern Pacific County, along the shores of Willapa Bay, the reservation is 2.693 km2 (1.0397 sq mi) large. It had 70 residents in 2000.[4] In 2020, 82 people lived on the reservation.[5]
The reservation was established in 1866.[2]
As of 2020, the reservation has 32 households living in 41 housing units.[5] Sixty percent of the reservation population is employed, and 80.4 percent have health care coverage.[5] Only 3.6 percent have earned a bachelor's degree or higher.[5]
Government
[edit]The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is led by an elected tribal council. Their tribal chairman is Quintin Swanson.[6]
Language
[edit]The languages spoken by the Shoalwater Bay Tribe belonged to the Chinookan language family, now extinct.
Health
[edit]The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is part of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board.[2] They provide medical care for American Indian and Alaska Native people, as well as local non-Native people. Their tribal clinic serves 890 people.[2]
History
[edit]The tribe refused to leave their ancestral homelands, so on September 22, 1866 U.S. President Andrew Jackson issued an executive order that created a reservation on the site of Naahps Chaahts, a village.[2] Relatives of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe joined the Quinault Indian Nation.[2]
The tribe achieved federal recognition in 1971.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Washington". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Shoalwater Bay Tribe". Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. (January 8, 2024). "Notice Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs". Federal Register. 89 (944): 944–48. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ United States Census, 2000
- ^ a b c d "Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, WA". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ "Tribal Leaders Directory". Bureau of Indian Affairs. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, official website
- Shoalwater Bay Community Website
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