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The Duwamish people were displaced from their ancestral lands around the rivers, Lake Washington, and the Seattle waterfront by settlers through oppression, land acquisitions, and treaties. In 1857, a small area called “Muckleshoot” was designated for Native people in South King County, which became the Muckleshoot Reservation. By the 1870s, those associated with this reservation were called “Muckleshoot” by federal agents, though our heritage includes Duwamish and other tribes. Our ancestors fished for salmon, trout, and steelhead along the rivers and Sound, harvested shellfish on Puget Sound, hunted game, and gathered huckleberries and other resources throughout the Cascade Mountains. Today, the Muckleshoot Tribe holds treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather in their traditional territories.

The Muckleshoot Tribe has always relied on rivers, forests, and seas for hunting and fishing, especially salmon, which we consider essential to our way of life. The Tribe employs biologists to manage wildlife, funds salmon hatcheries, and respects the land by giving back before taking from it.