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Duwamish Tribe of Indians [Unrecognized]

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1855–1873, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 26,803 km² in 7 cessions across Washington.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Dwamish · Suquamish

Royce 555, 1873Royce 465, 1864Royce 347, 1855Royce 348, 1855Royce 349, 1855Royce 350, 1855Royce 351, 1855
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
347January 22, 1855 Dwamish; Suquamish · with Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington Royce’s schedule · treaty text
348January 22, 1855 Dwamish; Suquamish · with Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington Royce’s schedule · treaty text
349January 22, 1855; September 9, 1873 Dwamish; Suquamish · with Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington Royce’s schedule · treaty text
350January 22, 1855 Dwamish; Suquamish · with Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington Royce’s schedule · treaty text
351January 22, 1855; December 23, 1873 Dwamish; Suquamish · with Suquamish Indian Tribe of the Port Madison Reservation, Washington Royce’s schedule · treaty text
465October 21, 1864 Dwamish Royce’s schedule
555November 22, 1873 Dwamish Royce’s schedule

Lands proven before the Indian Claims Commission

Areas on the Commission’s 1978 map that this nation, or nations it is part of, proved they held when the United States took them:

No trail in Project Homeland crosses these lands yet. A map that shows one, traced in, would add it.

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.