29-763: The Suquamish Museum preserves and displays relics and records related to the Suquamish Tribe , including artifacts from the Old Man House and the Baba'kwob site. It is located on the Port Madison Indian Reservation in Washington state and was founded in 1983. The museum currently occupies a facility opened in 2012. The Suquamish Museum opened in 1983 as the Suquamish Museum and Cultural Center , then only
58-592: A Lushootseed -speaking Native American people, located in present-day Washington in the United States. They are a southern Coast Salish people . Today, most Suquamish people are enrolled in the federally recognized Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation , a signatory to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott . Chief Seattle , the famous leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish Tribes for whom
87-589: A SITES display "Native Words, Native Warriors", chronicling the history of Native Americans in the U.S. armed forces. The Suquamish Museum is governed by a five-member board of directors appointed by the Suquamish Tribal Council. The galleries and auditorium of the museum are open daily during the summer, and five days per week the rest of the year. The museum's storage vault is open to tribal members and accredited researchers weekly. Suquamish Tribe The Suquamish ( Lushootseed : xʷsəq̓ʷəb ) are
116-519: A Suquamish team in 1921 that was sent by a national sporting goods company on a goodwill tour of Japan. Leonard Forsman , an anthropologist and archeologist who has served as the Suquamish Tribe’s chairman since 2005, is a governor-appointed member of the state Board on Geographic Names and an Obama appointee to the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation . In October 2021, Washington state governor Jay Inslee appointed Forsman to serve as
145-454: A large repository of photographs documenting tribal life from the 1860s to the present, the museum's collection includes 496 archaeological artifacts recovered from the site of the former Old Man House , a massive, 240 meters (790 ft) long longhouse that served as the Suquamish capitol until its destruction in the late nineteenth century. Originally in the custody of the Burke Museum at
174-633: A member on the University of Washington 's Board of Regents . Forsman's term on the board expires on June 30, 2027. Cindy Webster-Martinson, a former Suquamish Tribal Council member, is vice president of the North Kitsap School Board (elected in 2013 to a four-year term) and is believed to be the first Native American elected to non-Tribal public office in Kitsap County. She is a granddaughter of Lawrence Webster. The Suquamish Indian Tribe of
203-482: A series of procedures designed to accommodate non-Indigenous land acquisition created a situation where the reservation is widely interspersed with non-Tribal ownership. None of the tribe's reservation is zoned for agriculture. In 2012, the tribe established a shellfish nursery on a floating dock, where they raise clams. Successful economic development since the early 1990s has given the Suquamish Tribe government
232-611: Is a federally recognized tribe and Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Washington . The tribe includes Suquamish , Duwamish , and Sammamish peoples , all Lushootseed -speaking Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest , and was a signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855. They had 950 enrolled tribal citizens in 2012. The Port Madison Indian Reservation is located in northern Kitsap County , Washington and consists of 7,657 acres, of which 1,475 acres are owned by
261-588: Is a 300-year-old carved canoe that was last used in the 1989 Paddle to Seattle , the first of a now annual series of canoe journeys through the Salish Sea undertaken by tribal members. A second gallery is used to house rotating exhibits from the museum's permanent collection, or items on loan from other museums, including traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). Exhibits have included
290-691: Is set in a small botanical garden on the Port Madison Indian Reservation and consists of two galleries, a gift shop, a 50-seat auditorium, and a climate-controlled storage room used to house artifacts not on display. The facility was designed by the Seattle architectural firm Mithun and is a LEED Gold certified building. In 2013 it received a citation from the Washington Council of the American Institute of Architects . In addition to
319-463: The Cascade Mountains . They fished for salmon and harvested shellfish in local waters and Puget Sound . The cedar tree provided fiber used to weave waterproof clothing and beautiful utilitarian items, and provided wood for longhouses, seagoing canoes and ceremonial items. The Suquamish traditionally lived on the western shores of Puget Sound, from Apple Tree Cove in the north to Gig Harbor in
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#1732843993256348-560: The City of Seattle is named, signed the Point Elliot Treaty on behalf of both Tribes. The Suquamish Tribe owns the Port Madison Indian Reservation . Suquamish people traditionally speak a dialect of Lushootseed , which belongs to the Salishan language family. Like many Northwest Coast indigenous peoples pre- European contact , the Suquamish enjoyed the rich bounty of land and sea west of
377-628: The Strait of Georgia in the early 19th century. Once the Washington Territory was established in 1853, the U.S. government began signing treaties with area indigenous leaders to extinguish aboriginal claims and make land available for non-Native settlement. In the Point Elliott Treaty signed on January 22, 1855, the Suquamish agreed to cede land to the United States in exchange for certain payments and obligations. They reserved for themselves
406-507: The University of Washington , the artifacts, which include harpoon points, smoking pipes, and jewelry, were transferred to the Suquamish tribe in 2013. In 2014, the Port of Seattle transferred additional artifacts to the museum, including crockery and glass bottles, discovered during archaeological excavations in the 1970s at the Baba'kwob site, a pre-contact village located in what is now Seattle 's Belltown neighborhood. The controversial transfer
435-600: The Cowling Creek watershed, in November 2014. As of 2014, the reservation area consists of 7,657 acres, of which 1,475 acres are owned by the Suquamish Tribe, 2,601 acres are owned by individual citizens of the Suquamish Tribe, and 3,581 acres are owned by non-Natives. Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation The Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation
464-507: The Port Madison Enterprises Construction Corporation. Economic contributions (in 2012): $ 52.2 million in wages and benefits paid to employees; $ 46.8 million in goods and services purchased; $ 18.6 million in capital project investment. Community contributions (in 2012): $ 694,033 awarded to 201 organizations. The PME Fund sets aside non-gaming funds for distribution as grants to organizations that "[improve]
493-481: The Port Madison Reservation is governed by a seven-member council, elected by citizens of the Suquamish Tribe. As of July 2024, the Suquamish Tribal Council is as follows: Government departments include administration, child support enforcement, community development, court, early learning center, education, fisheries, human services, legal, natural resources, and police. The Tribe contracts with local fire districts for fire protection service. Port Madison Enterprises,
522-479: The Suquamish Tribe from the late 1920s to the early 1940s. Lawrence Webster (1899-1991) served as chairman of the Suquamish Tribe from 1979-1985. In 1979, he traveled to Washington, D.C., to represent Native Americans at an event commemorating the 15th anniversary of the government program VISTA . In 1983, he helped establish the Suquamish Museum. Earlier in his life, he was a noted baseball catcher, playing on
551-405: The Suquamish Tribe, 2,601 acres are owned by individual citizens of the Suquamish Tribe, and 3,581 acres are owned by non-citizens. The reservation is divided into two separate parcels by the geographic feature Miller Bay. The towns of Suquamish and Indianola both lie within the bounds of the reservation. A resident population of 6,536 persons was counted in the 2000 census . The reservation
580-496: The Suquamish came to be recognized across the region as great leaders. One was Kitsap , who led a coalition of Puget Sound Tribes against the Cowichan Tribes of Vancouver Island around 1825. Another was Seattle (also spelled Si-ahl, Sealth, See-ahth, and Seathl, pronounced [ˈsiʔaːɬ] ), son of Schweabe, who was a peacekeeper during the turbulent times of the mid-19th century. Martha George served as chairwoman of
609-577: The Tribe’s economic development arm, is the second-largest private-sector employer in Kitsap County with 752 employees, surpassed only by Harrison Medical Center. Port Madison Enterprises is governed by a seven-member board of directors, which includes a Tribal Council liaison. Notable ventures include the Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort , White Horse Golf Club, Kiana Lodge, PME Retail, and Property Management. Ongoing subsidiaries include
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#1732843993256638-563: The ability to reacquire land lost during the allotment era, and "the Tribe and Tribal members now own more than half of the land on the reservation for the first time in recent history," Suquamish Tribe communications director April Leigh said in a story in the North Kitsap Herald. Recent major acquisitions include White Horse Golf Club in 2010, placed into trust in March 2014; and 200 acres known as
667-473: The land that became designated as the Port Madison Indian Reservation , near their winter village on Agate Pass . They also reserved the right to fish and harvest shellfish in their Usual and Accustomed Areas, and reserved certain cultural and natural resource rights within their historical territory. Today, the Suquamish Tribe is a co-manager with the State of Washington of the state's salmon fishery. Two members of
696-502: The lives of community members" and "support worthy programs in the region". The Tribe has reacquired land lost during the allotment era, and "the Tribe and Tribal members now own more than half of the land on the reservation for the first time in recent history". Major acquisitions include White Horse Golf Club in 2010, placed into trust in March 2014; and 200 acres known as the Place of the Bear, in
725-430: The second tribal museum in the state of Washington. In 2009 the Suquamish tribe launched a capital campaign to construct a new facility, enlisting Senator Patty Murray and former Washington Secretary of State Ralph Munro to help lead the effort. The new facility opened in 2012 and is triple the size of the original building. Constructed at a cost of $ 6 million, the 9,000-square-foot (840 m) purpose-built structure
754-513: The south, including Bainbridge Island and Blake Island . They had villages throughout the region, the largest centered on Old Man House , the largest winter longhouse in the Salish Sea and the largest longhouse ever known. The Suquamish continue to fish and harvest in their traditional territory, and a new generation of local artists — among them Ed Carriere — carry on the ways of their ancestors in creating carved or woven items that help tell
783-489: The story of the Suquamish people. In 2011, the Suquamish Tribal Council voted unanimously to approve same-sex marriage . The first contact between Suquamish and European people came in 1792 when George Vancouver explored Puget Sound and met members of the Suquamish Tribe, possibly including Schweabe and Kitsap . More regular contact with non-Natives came with the establishment of British trading posts in Puget Sound and
812-564: Was authorized by the Point Elliott Treaty of January 22, 1855, for the Suquamish people , and was established by an executive order issued October 21, 1864. Other Coast Salish peoples, including the Duwamish and Sammamish , also moved to the reservation. When the land was reserved by the Point Elliott Treaty, all land was held by Tribal members and designated for their sole use. However,
841-429: Was contested by the Duwamish , an unrecognized tribe and historic Suquamish rival who claim ownership of the artifacts. The museum's main gallery features a permanent exhibit titled "Ancient Shores – Changing Tides" that showcases drawings, documents, and historic photographs related to the Suquamish Tribe, contemporary and historic crafts, and interpretative panels and multimedia elements. The centerpiece of this exhibit
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