Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Island
The Snoqualmoo Tribe of Whidbey Iceland is one of the Government of the United States not as an Indian tribe recognized groups in the state of Washington . They are sometimes mistakenly recognized by the state, but according to the 2008 Governor's Office of Indian Affairs there are no state-recognized tribes.
The name of the tribe refers to the Snoqualmie and their place of residence Whidbey Island .
A number of members of the tribe signed the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855 , by which 22 tribes ceded their territory to Washington. These were Pat-ka-nam , chief of the Snoqualmoo, Snohomish and other tribes , as "sub-chiefs" of the Snoqualmoo: Squush-um or The Smoke, Slat-eah-ka-nam and Do-queh-oo-satl and John Kanam. There were also Klemsh-ka-nam, Noo-heh-oos, Hweh-uk, Yim-ka-dam, Luch-al-kanam, S'hoot-kanam, Sme-a-kanam and Sad-zis-keh.
Bill Kanim, a nephew of the chief at the time, was still present in 1931 for a ceremony commemorating the treaty.
On June 14, 1988, the Snoqualmoo applied for recognition as a tribe. A nine-member, elected tribal council took over the leadership. The tribe gave itself its own constitution. According to this constitution, only those who are descendants of Chief Pat-Ka-Nam or his brother John Ka-Nam, who are descendants of a resident living in their area, can be a member of the tribe if they are "of the blood" of the tribe. If they are, the origin of one of the twelve signatories of the Point Elliott contract is sufficient . There are also cases of adoption and marriage. Members of other tribes are excluded.
Web links
- Governors Office of Indian Affairs (Washington)
Remarks
- ^ For example, David E. Wilkins: American Indian Politics and the American Political System , Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2007, p. 27.