Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe | |
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 Location of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Washington state | |
| Headquarters | Tokeland, Washington (46°43′22″N 124°01′33″W / 46.72278°N 124.02583°W) |
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| Enrolled citizens | 373 (2016)[2] |
| Domestic dependent nation within the United States | |
• Recognized | 1971 |
The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Pacific County, Washington, United States.[3] The tribe is descended from the Lower Chehalis and the Willapa (Shoalwater) Chinook peoples.[1][2][4] In 2016, the tribe had 373 enrolled citizens.[2]
The Shoalwater Bay Tribe governs the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation. Its tribal headquarters is in Tokeland, Washington.[4]
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.[5] In 2020, 82 people lived on the reservation.[6]
The reservation was established in 1866.[4]
As of 2020, the reservation has 32 households living in 41 housing units.[6] Sixty percent of the reservation population is employed, and 80.4 percent have health care coverage.[6] Only 3.6 percent have earned a bachelor's degree or higher.[6]
Government
[edit]The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is led by an elected tribal council. Their tribal chairman is Quintin Swanson.[7]
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.[4] They provide medical care for American Indian and Alaska Native people, as well as local non-Native people. Their tribal clinic serves 890 people.[4]
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.[4] Relatives of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe joined the Quinault Indian Nation.[4]
The tribe achieved federal recognition in 1971.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "History". Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ a b c "Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Washington". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2016. 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Shoalwater Bay Tribe". Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. 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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