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The Sahewamish are a Northwest Native American tribe of Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish people. They were fisherman and hunter-gatherers, sedentary, and lived in the southwestern inlets of Puget Sound from Shelton, Washington, to the Nisqually River. There were about six villages.

While some descendants of the tribe live on the Nisqually Reservation near Olympia, others live on the Squaxin Island Tribe reservation near Shelton.

History

• 1787 Strait of Juan de Fuca
• 1788 Area visited by John Meares
• 1790 Both shores of strait explored by Manuel Quimper
• 1792 Area charted by Captain George Vancouver
• 1827 Hudson's Bay Company founded Fort Langley
• 1841 Influx of Oregon Trail settlers begin and conflicts develop
• 1854 Treaty of Medicine Creek

Language

In 1990, there were about 60 older adult speakers of the Sahewamish dialect, of the Salishan Lushootseed language.

Notes

1. "Sahewamish". Four Directions Institute. Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-05.

v t e Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound
Lushootseed language	Grammar Lushootseed grammar Dialects Northern Southern
Culture	Salishan oral narratives dukʷibəɬ Transformer/Changer Spirit Powers Ayahos
Peoples	Northern peoples Skagit peoples Skagit Swinomish Nuwhaha Kikiallus Sauk Stillaguamish Snohomish Southern peoples Skykomish Snoqualmie Shilshole Duwamish Sammamish Suquamish Puyallup Steilacoom Nisqually Sahewamish
Federally recognized tribes	Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes of Washington Suquamish Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe of Indians Nisqually Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe
Reservations	Swinomish Indian Reservation Port Madison Indian Reservation Nisqually Reservation
Non-recognized groups	Duwamish Tribe Steilacoom Tribe

• Native American tribes in Washington (state)
• Lushootseed language