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The Duwamish tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington , and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle . The Duwamish tribe today includes the People of the Inside, for Elliott Bay environs today; and the People of the Large Lake, for those around Lake Washington of today. By language, the Duwamish are (Skagit-Nisqually) Lushootseed Salish. In many other ways, they are Coast Salish . Adjacent tribes throughout the Salish Sea Watershed were interconnected and interrelated, yet distinct. The people have been living in what is now metropolitan Seattle since the end of the last Glacial Period (c. 8,000 B.C.E.—10,000 years ago). NAMES Among the changes with increasing contact, names changed along with tribal societies. The Duwamish tribe of today continues evolving. Its present form and name developed in parallel with the times of the Treaty Of Point Elliott and its aftermath in the 1850s (when the name was the Dwamish tribe). Before intense contact, the Duwamish tribe was '''the People of the Inside''' (for Elliott Bay environs today), and '''the People of the Large Lake''' (for those around Lake Washington), in the local language. See also # More About Names , below. The Duwamish River is an Anglicization through at least a couple derivations from the Native name for the People of the Inside. The name "Seattle" is an Anglicization of the most famous Duwamish leader, Chief Seattle , from ''si'áb'' Si'ahl, "high status man Si'ahl". Who he was, what he did, and what he said are complex and enigmatic. Even his name has multiple interpretations. Further, Coast Salish did not have permanent political offices or formal political institutions that were understood by Whites . PEOPLE The role of the most famous of the Duwamish, Chief Seattle (b. c. 1784, d. 1866), is complex and enigmatic.Buerge (n.d.) During the life of Chief Seattle, the Duwamish became called Duwamish, from being the People of the Inside and People of the Large Lake. People and history are so intermixed that some of history will accompany descriptions of people here, with history in the following sections. Some members of the tribe joined and moved onto other reservations after the signing of the Treaty Of Point Jordan (1855).Lakw'alas (Speer) (2004-07-22) A Duwamish reservation was blocked in 1866. The commitments made by the United States government in the Point Elliott Treaty have not yet been met.(1) Lakw'alas (2004-07-22) (2) Anna(2001-01-24), Essay 2955) Unlike many other Northwest Coast indigenous groups, many Duwamish did not move to reservation lands, yet still retain much of their cultural heritage. In recent decades notable elders are recovering and younger members are further developing that heritage.(0) Summaries of some representative people needed, with . Green is one starting point. (1) Green (2001-07-26) (2) BIBLIOGRAPHY See Also: Bibliography for Duwamish (tribe) ''Includes the sources referenced in Cheshiahud ( Lake John ) and Seattle Before The City ''. FURTHER READING
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