Snoqualmie people lived in 58 longhouses in sixteen villages, with a population of 3,000–4,000. Speakers of the dialect have been shifting their ancestral language towards English. Snoqualmie is a dialect of the Southern Puget Sound Salish language, which is a Lushootseed language, belonging to the Central Salish language family. Their autonym in Lushootseed is sdukʷalbixʷ, meaning "people of the moon." The Snoqualmie are also known as the Snoqualmu, Snoqualmoo, Snoqualmick, Snoqualamuke, or Snuqualmi. Today, they are enrolled in the federally recognized tribes: Snoqualmie Indian Tribe and Tulalip Tribes of Washington. ![]() ![]() Their homelands span the Snoqualmie Valley in east King and Snohomish counties in Washington state. The Snoqualmie people (Lushootseed: sdukʷalbixʷ) are a southern Coast Salish indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. English, Southern Puget Sound Salish language Ĭhristianity, traditional tribal religionĭuwamish, Puyallap, Nisqually, Sammamish, Suquamish, Skykomish, other Salish peoples
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