Its size notwithstanding, it is often not shown on Washington maps because its land has been so thoroughly sold off to non-Natives. The Puyallup River was later straightened along its lower course. Government map of the reservation in 1892. They share a culture similar to that of other Northwest tribes, with a diet that depended on fishing salmon and other regional fish. The Puyallup tribe originally spoke the Txʷǝlšucid or Twulshootseed local dialect of the Southern Lushootseed language of the Salishan family of languages, predominant among Northwest Coast indigenous peoples. They have brought up ethnically mixed children to identify with the tribe, both culturally and ethnically. The Puyallup, as with other Native American tribes, have long assimilated other ethnicities through intermarriage and adoption. Īccording to the census, more than 72 percent of the residents within the reservation boundaries identified as only Caucasian (European-American), and 3.2 percent identify as solely of Native American ancestry. The tribe has 6,700 enrolled members, of whom 2,500 live on the reservation. These are predominantly non-Native Americans. The reservation has a land area of 73.935 km² (28.547 sq mi), and a 2000 census resident population of 41,341 persons. In decreasing order of included population, the communities are Tacoma, Waller, Fife, Milton, Edgewood, Puyallup, and Federal Way.

Parts of seven communities in the Tacoma metropolitan area extend onto reservation land in addition the tribe controls off-reservation trust land. It is located primarily in northern Pierce County, with a very small part extending north into the city of Federal Way, in King County. The Puyallup Indian Reservation is one of the most urban Indian reservations in the United States with a population of 2,500. Today they have an enrolled population of 6,700, of whom 3,000 live on the reservation. They were relocated onto reservation lands in what is today Tacoma, Washington, in late 1854, after signing the Treaty of Medicine Creek with the United States. The Puyallup, spuyaləpabš or S’Puyalupubsh (pronounced: Spoy-all-up-obsh) ('generous and welcoming behavior to all people, who enter our lands') are a federally recognized Coast Salish Native American tribe from western Washington state, United States. This article is about the indigenous tribe.

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