Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Total population
Traditional Cowlitz territory
2,000 enrolled members^[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States ( Washington)
Languages
English, Cowlitz^[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
other Cowlitz people^[3]

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of Cowlitz people. They are a tribe of Southwestern Coast Salish indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest located in Washington.^[4] The tribe is named for the Cowlitz River.^[1]

Other Cowlitz people are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation and Quinault Indian Nation.^[5]

Reservation

The Cowlitz Reservation was established in 2010. The 152-acre (62 ha) reservation is located near La Center, in Clark County, Washington.^[6]

Government

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is headquartered in Longview, Washington. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected board of tribal council members.

English is commonly spoken on by the tribe. The Cowlitz language belongs to the Tsamosan branch of Salish languages. A dictionary has been published for Cowlitz.^[2]

Economic development

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is planning to build the Cowlitz Casino Resort with ten restaurants and a hotel, located in La Center.^[7]

History

Cowlitz people actively traded with other tribes and later European Americans. 19th century treaties were not ratified by the United States or were unacceptable to the Cowlitz. In 1906 the tribe, under the leadership of Chief Atwin Stockum, began formal political relations with the United States. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe has had its constitutional elective tribal council system of government since 1950.^[1] Federal recognition was reaffirmed in 2000.^[8]

Notes

1 2 3 "Cowlitz Tribe." Center for World Indigenous Studies. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.
1 2 "Cowlitz." Ethnologue. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.
↑ Pritzker 261
↑ Pritzker 203
↑ Pritzker 204-5
↑ ICTMN Staff. " Cowlitz Tribe Wins Reservation and Casino." Indian Country Today. 27 Dec 2010. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.
↑ "Cowlitz Casino Resort." 500 Nations. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.
↑ "Cowlitz Tribes." Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. Retrieved 29 Sept 2013.

References

Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1.

External links

Cowlitz Indian Tribe, official website

Coast Salish

Peoples	Chawathil Cheam Chehalis (WA) Chemainus Clemclemaluts Comiaken Copalis Cowlitz Duwamish Esquimalt Halalt Hoh Homalco Humptulips Katzie Khenipsen Kilpahlas Klahoose Klallam Koksilah Kwa-kwa-a-pilt Kwantlen Kway-quit-lam Nuxalk Sliammon Nanoose Malahat Snuneymuxw Tsawwassen Tsleil-Waututh Shishalh Squamish Musqueam Semiahmoo Matsqui Sumas Scowlitz Sts'Ailes Leq' a: mel Popkum Seabird Island Skwah Skway Shxw'ow'hamel Skawahlook Skowkale Soowahlie Squiala Tzeachten Yakweakwioose T'souk-e Tsartlip Somena Quamichan Penelakut Lamalcha Saanich Lummi Nooksack Lower Skagit Upper Skagit Skokomish (Twana) Muckleshoot Sammamish Samish Sauk-Suiattle Snohomish Snoqualmie Nisqually Puyallup Stillaquamish Suquamish Swinomish Tulalip Quinault Sahewamish Wynoochee Satsop Nehalem (Tillamook) Siletz Quamichan Somena

Governments	Aitchelitz Band Chawathil First Nation Cheam Indian Band Kwantlen First Nation Katzie First Nation Kwaw-kwaw-a-pilt First Nation Leq' a: mel First Nation Matsqui First Nation Popkum Band Scowlitz First Nation Seabird Island Band Skwah First Nation Skway First Nation Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation Skawahlook First Nation Skowkale First Nation Soowahlie First Nation Squiala First Nation Sumas First Nation Tzeachten First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Chehalis First Nation Tsleil-waututh First Nation Musqueam Indian Band Katzie First Nation Kwikwetlem First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation Chemainus First Nation Halalt First Nation Homalco First Nation Klahoose First Nation Malahat First Nation Nanoose First Nation Peters Band Sliammon First Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation Tsawwassen First Nation Yale First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Tseycum First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Squamish Nation Union Bar First Nation Nuxalk Nation T'sou-ke First Nation Esquimalt First Nation Tsawout First Nation Cowichan Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cowlitz Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Lummi Nation Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Samish Indian Nation Skokomish Indian Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Suquamish Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes

Organizations & Institutions	NorthWest Indian Fisheries Commission South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency Washington Indian Gaming Association Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Culture & Society	Music Mythology Art

Languages	Coast Salish languages Comox/Island Comox (†) Sliammon/Mainland Comox Pentlatch Halkomelem Sechelt Squamish Nooksack Saanich Lummi Klallam Lushootseed Whulshootseed Twana Cowlitz Quinault

Coordinates: 45°51′50″N 122°40′07″W / 45.86389°N 122.66861°W / 45.86389; -122.66861

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