{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox ethnic group | group = Tulalip Tribes of Washington | image = Tulalip Tribes logo.svg | caption = Logo of the Tulalip Tribes | population = 2,500–2,800 enrolled members<ref name=tula>[http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/ "Who We Are." ''Tulalip Tribes.'' Retrieved September 25, 2013.]</ref><ref name=ihb>[http://www.npaihb.org/member_tribes/tribe/tulalip_tribe "Tulalip Tribe." ''Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board.'' Retrieved September 25, 2013.]</ref> | popplace = {{flag|United States}} ({{flag|Washington}}) | rels = Traditional tribal religion | langs = English, Lushootseed<ref name=tula/> | related = other Duwamish,<ref name=p198>Pritzker 198</ref> Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Sauk-Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people<ref name=tula/> }} {{maplink | frame = yes | type = shape | coord = {{coord|qid=Q1516298}} | zoom = 10 | text = Location of the Tulalip Indian Reservation }}
The '''Tulalip Tribes of Washington''' ({{IPAc-en|t|ʊ|ˈ|l|eɪ|l|ɪ|p}}, {{langx|lut|dxʷlilap}}{{efn|name=lut_pronunciation|Pronounced doh-LAY-luhp}}), formerly known as the '''Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation''', is a federally recognized tribe of Duwamish,<ref name=p198/> Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people.<ref name=tula/> They are South and Central Coast Salish peoples of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.<ref>Pritzker 203</ref> Their tribes are located in the mid-Puget Sound region of Washington.
The Tulalip Indian Reservation, established by the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855, is located west of Marysville, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan area. It comprises {{convert|34.7|sqmi|sqkm}} and includes Quil Ceda Village, a special municipality and economic development for the tribe.
==Name==
The term ''Tulalip'' (originally {{langx|lut|dxʷlilap}}{{efn|name=lut_pronunciation}}) comes from the Snohomish dialect. It was used in 1855 to describe the tribes who joined on the Tulalip Reservation established by treaty with the federal government.<ref name=p198/> They included the Duwamish,<ref name=p198/> Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish peoples, all of whom are South and Central Coast Salish peoples.<ref name=tula/>
==Reservation== [[File:Tulalip reserc.jpg|thumb|left|A Tulalip family in front of their home on the reservation in 1916. Gabe Gobin worked as a logger.]] {{US Census population |1950= 1249 |1950n= <ref name="Census1950">{{cite web |year=1952 |title=Number of Inhabitants, Washington Table 6. Population of Counties By Minor Civil Divisions |page=47{{hyphen}}12 |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-1/vol-01-50.pdf |work=1950 United States Census |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 21, 2024}}</ref> |1980= 5046 |1990= 7103 |2000= 9246 |2010= 10631 |2010n = <ref>{{cite web |title=2010 Decennial Census Table P1: Total Population – Tulalip Reservation CCD |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12010.P1?g=060XX00US5306193506 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 21, 2024}}</ref> |2020= 10969 |2020n = <ref name="Census-Profile"/> |estyear=2022 |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=Tulalip Tribes<ref name="TT-Plan2010"/><br />U.S. Census Bureau }}
The '''Tulalip Indian Reservation''' was established by the Treaty of Point Elliot in 1855 and by Executive Order of US President Ulysses S. Grant on January 22, 1873.<ref name=ihb/> The reservation lies on Port Susan in western Snohomish County, adjacent to the western border of the city of Marysville.<ref name="TT-Plan2010">{{cite web |date=August 2010 |title=Section II: Community Profile |pages=13–14, 22 |url=https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Base/File/TTT-PDF-Section-2-Community-Profile |work=Hazard Mitigation Plan 2010 Update |publisher=Tulalip Tribes |accessdate=November 21, 2024}}</ref> It has a land area of {{Convert|34.7|sqmi|km2 acres}} and a 2020 census population of 10,969 persons residing within its boundaries.<ref name="Census-Profile">{{cite web |title=Data Profile: Tulalip Reservation CCD, Snohomish County, Washington |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Tulalip_Reservation_CCD,_Snohomish_County,_Washington?g=060XX00US5306193506 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 21, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Gazetteer Files: American Indian Reservations, Trust Lands, and Native Hawaiian Home Lands |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=November 21, 2024}}</ref> The reservation's largest community is Tulalip Bay.
The Tulalip people settled onto reservation lands after signing the Point Elliott Treaty with the former Washington Territory on January 22, 1855. The reservation was intended to serve most of the tribes in the Puget Sound region, but plans were scaled back after additional reservations were added.<ref name="Hollenbeck-Moss">{{cite book |last1=Hollenbeck |first1=Jan L. |last2=Moss |first2=Madonna |year=1987 |title=A Cultural Resource Overview: Prehistory, Ethnography and History: Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest |publisher=United States Forest Service |pages=109–110 |oclc=892024380 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005998596 |via=HathiTrust |accessdate=February 10, 2025}}</ref> The Tulalip Indian Reservation now comprises the western half of the Marysville–Tulalip community, which was divided by the construction of Interstate 5<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url=https://depts.washington.edu/uwwpl/vol33/4-Hugo-Indigenous.pdf|title=Language Attitudes of Non-Indigenous Individuals Residing Near an Indigenous Community in Washington State|last=Hugo|first=Russell|date=2015|journal=University of Washington Working Papers in Linguistics|volume=33|via=Univ of Washington|page=87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107220736/https://depts.washington.edu/uwwpl/vol33/4-Hugo-Indigenous.pdf|archive-date=January 7, 2016|quote="The neighboring Tulalip Indian Reservation consists of 22,000 acres that lie to the west of Marysville proper and divided by an interstate highway."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Section II Community Profile: Map 5: 2007 Zoning Map|url=https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Base/File/TTT-PDF-Section-2-Community-Profile|website=www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov|access-date=2025-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018181709/https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Base/File/TTT-PDF-Section-2-Community-Profile|archive-date=2020-10-18|date=2010|page=19}}</ref> in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Today in History: I-5 in Washington is completed in 1969|url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/today-in-history-i-5-in-washington-is-completed-in-1969/949189289/|work=KIRO7|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=November 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721030217/https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/today-in-history-i-5-in-washington-is-completed-in-1969/949189289/|archive-date=July 21, 2019|language=en-US|last=Dougherty|first=Phil}}</ref> Marysville is an incorporated city and lies east of the freeway.<ref name=":0" /> A {{convert|2,000|acre|ha|adj=mid}} section of the reservation was home to a federal ammunition depot established during World War II and later used by Boeing for chemical weapons testing and storage.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kapralos|first=Krista J.|date=June 5, 2006|title=Tulalip site scoured for toxic leftovers|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/tulalip-site-scoured-for-toxic-leftovers/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707200500/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/tulalip-site-scoured-for-toxic-leftovers/|archive-date=July 7, 2020|url-access=limited}}</ref>
The Marysville School District serves both the city and the reservation. To accommodate a growing population, in 2008 it opened three new schools, built of prefabricated, modular units that operate and look like traditional construction, at its site on the reservation. This large campus is now called the Marysville Secondary Campus; it contains Tulalip Heritage High School, Legacy High School, and a middle school. The two high schools share a gym and commons center.<ref>{{cite news |last=Siderius |first=Christina |date=April 2, 2008 |title=Marysville schools defying the portable stereotype |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2004320060_heritage02n.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924040631/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2004320060_heritage02n.html |archive-date=September 24, 2008 |accessdate=April 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Manry|first=Kaitlin|date=September 23, 2008|title=Factory-built Marysville schools get attention from other districts|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/factory-built-marysville-schools-get-attention-from-other-districts/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412044620/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/factory-built-marysville-schools-get-attention-from-other-districts/|archive-date=April 12, 2023|url-access=limited}}</ref> In 2022, the Tulalip Tribes announced plans to build their own elementary school that would use an alternative, Indigenous-focused education model that had been trialed at Heritage High School.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gruben|first=Mallory|date=November 14, 2022|title=Tulalip Tribes start planning for their own K-12 school|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/tulalip-tribes-start-planning-for-their-own-k-12-school/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114094942/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/tulalip-tribes-start-planning-for-their-own-k-12-school/|archive-date=November 14, 2022|url-access=limited}}</ref>
===Communities=== {{Div col}} *Cathan *John Sam Lake *Priest Point *Quil Ceda Village *Shaker Church *Stimson Crossing *Tulalip Bay *Weallup Lake {{Div col end}}
==Economy== [[File:Tulalip Resort 56.jpg|thumb|Tulalip Resort Casino, part of Quil Ceda Village]]
The Tulalip Tribes own and operate Tulalip Bingo, Quil Ceda Deli, Canoes Carvery, Cedars Cafe, Eagles Buffet, Tulalip Bay Restaurant, Journeys East, The Draft Sports Bar & Grill, Tulalip Resort Casino, Quil Ceda Creek Nightclub and Casino, Torch Grill, and Q Burgers, all located in Tulalip, Washington.<ref>[http://500nations.com/Washington_Casinos_Tribes.asp "Washington Indian Casinos by Tribes." ''500 Nations.'' Retrieved September 25, 2013.]</ref> With revenues generated by their successful casinos, they have invested and developed other businesses to diversify their economy.
The tribe sought development of a major shopping and business center along Interstate 5 in the 1990s and aimed to attract the auxiliary support facility of Naval Station Everett as its main tenant, but an agreement broke down.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=Diane |date=November 11, 1992 |title=Navy opts out of Tulalip deal |page=D1 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> The tribe's original casino was renamed to Quil Ceda Creek Casino and was replaced by a new, {{convert|126,700|sqft|sqm|adj=mid}} building in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gillis |first=Cydney |date=September 29, 2004 |title=2 casinos gamble that there's enough business for both |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20040929/casinos29n/2-casinos-gamble-that-theres-enough-business-for-both |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=November 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davis-Leonard|first=Ian|date=February 3, 2021|title=Tulalip Tribes open the new Quil Ceda Creek Casino|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/tulalip-tribes-open-the-new-quil-ceda-creek-casino/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204015956/https://www.heraldnet.com/business/tulalip-tribes-open-the-new-quil-ceda-creek-casino/|archive-date=February 4, 2021|url-access=limited}}</ref>
===Quil Ceda Village=== {{main|Quil Ceda Village}}
The tribe has developed Quil Ceda Village as a {{convert|800|acre|ha|adj=mid}} municipality within the reservation. It also developed a business park to provide jobs and tax income for the tribe, and to diversify its economy.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=July 26, 2006 |title=Tulalip Tribes' clout on the rise |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060726/tulalips26n/tulalip-tribes-clout-on-the-rise |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=November 26, 2024}}</ref> Situated alongside Interstate 5, the business park includes the tribe's first gaming casino, Quil Ceda Creek Casino; the second, the $72 million Tulalip Resort Casino, and a $130 million associated 12-story hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulalipresort.com/documents/press-releases/GRAND_OPENING_FINAL.pdf|title=Tulalip Resort Casino|website=www.tulalipresort.com|date=August 18, 2008|access-date=October 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717111918/http://www.tulalipresort.com/documents/press-releases/GRAND_OPENING_FINAL.pdf|archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>
Retail businesses include Walmart and Home Depot. In 2004, the tribe signed a deal with Chelsea Property Group to develop an outlet mall on the reservation. The company agreed to develop 100 to 120 stores on 47 acres of land near the tribe's casino and the Quil Ceda Business Park. The contract is expected to yield $1.2 million annually in revenues for the tribe. The deal runs for 75 years.<ref name="deal">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianz.com/News/2004/000389.asp|title=Tulalip Tribes sign deal to host outlet mall|website=www.indianz.com|accessdate=July 23, 2022}}</ref> The outlet mall, Seattle Premium Outlets, opened in 2005; a variety of restaurants also opened.{{cn|date=March 2026}} The tribe also operates two gas stations that opened in 2009 and 2011 with discounts for tribal members.<ref>{{cite news |last=Yefimova|first=Katya|date=October 15, 2009|title=Tulalip gas station opens today|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/tulalip-gas-station-opens-today/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412044029/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/tulalip-gas-station-opens-today/|archive-date=April 12, 2023|url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Boxleitner |first=Kirk |date=November 9, 2011 |title=Tulalip Tribes open gas station |url=https://www.marysvilleglobe.com/business/tulalip-tribes-open-gas-station/ |work=The Marysville Globe |accessdate=April 11, 2023}}</ref> The gas stations were originally supplied by Chevron, but switched to a Yakama Nation-owned distributor in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Haun|first=Riley|date=December 10, 2022|title=On Tulalip Reservation, gas prices fall below $3|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/on-tulalip-reservation-gas-prices-fall-below-3/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105104901/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/on-tulalip-reservation-gas-prices-fall-below-3/|archive-date=January 5, 2023|url-access=limited}}</ref>
The Tulalip Tribes owns a disused railroad bridge over Interstate 5 at the north end of Quil Ceda Village that had been used by Boeing for access to its engine test site on the reservation. The tribe has long-term plans to use the bridge for a multi-use pedestrian and bicycling trail that would connect to a proposed Amtrak ''Cascades'' station in Marysville.<ref>{{cite news |last=Slager|first=Melissa|date=April 8, 2016|title=I-5 railroad bridge to nowhere part of Tulalip trail plan|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/i-5-railroad-bridge-to-nowhere-part-of-tulalip-trail-plan/|work=The Everett Herald|accessdate=April 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202011734/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/i-5-railroad-bridge-to-nowhere-part-of-tulalip-trail-plan/|archive-date=December 2, 2024|url-access=limited}}</ref>
==Government== thumb|Replica of a traditional longhouse interior at the Hibulb Cultural Center. The Tulalip Tribes are headquartered in Tulalip, Washington. The tribe is governed by a seven-member, democratically elected Board of Directors, whose members fill designated roles as officers. Directors are elected to serve three year terms. The current tribal administration is as follows:
* '''Chairwoman''': Teri Gobin * '''Vice Chairwoman''': Misty Napeahi * '''Secretary''': Theresa Sheldon * '''Treasurer''': Hazen Shopbell * '''Council member''': Glen Gobin * '''Council member''': Marlin Fryberg Jr. * '''Council member''': Debra Posey <ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Gov/BoardOfDirectors |website=Tulalip Tribes |publisher=The Tulalip Tribes |access-date=21 July 2024}}</ref>
The Tulalip Tribes has defined its rules for membership in the tribe. Membership is based on January 1, 1935, Tulalip census roll;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thorpe.law.ou.edu/IRA/tulacons.html|title=United States Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs: Constitution and By-Laws for the Tulalip Tribes Washington|date=January 24, 1936|access-date=November 30, 2025|website=thorpe.law.ou.edu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124045758/ttps://thorpe.law.ou.edu/IRA/tulacons.html|archive-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref> new applicants must prove descent from persons on that roll and that their parents were residents of the Tulalip Reservation for at least 12 continuous months at any time before the individual's birth. In addition, applicants must submit their enrollment application before reaching 25 years of age, unless they were adopted by non-tribal parents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enrollment: FAQ Requirements and Process|url=https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Dept/Enrollment|website=www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov|access-date=November 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827202426/https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Dept/Enrollment|archive-date=August 27, 2025}}</ref> It does not require a minimum blood quantum.
===VAWA 2013 pilot project===
The US Supreme Court's majority opinion in ''Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe'' (1978) affirmed that tribal courts were not allowed to have jurisdiction over a non-Indian person in a criminal case on the reservation. Through the passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013), signed into law on March 7, 2013, by President Barack Obama, tribal courts have been authorized to exercise special criminal jurisdiction over certain crimes of domestic and dating violence.<ref name="justice"/>
This new law generally took effect on March 7, 2015. It also authorized a voluntary "Pilot Project" to allow certain tribes to begin exercising special jurisdiction beginning February 20, 2014.<ref name="justice"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/tribal|title=Tribal Justice and Safety|date=August 13, 2014|website=www.justice.gov|accessdate=July 23, 2022}}</ref> Three tribes were selected for this Pilot Project: the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (Oregon), the Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Arizona), and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-three-tribes-implement-special-domestic-violence-criminal|title=Justice Department Announces Three Tribes to ImplementSpecial Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction Under VAWA 2013|date=February 6, 2014|website=www.justice.gov|accessdate=July 23, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=oHGIBp5ufqo%3d&tabid=192|title=Tulalip Press Release|website=www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov|date=February 6, 2014|access-date=June 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125614/http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=oHGIBp5ufqo%3d&tabid=192|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Politics===
The Tulalip Tribes has begun to act more in local and state politics, at times in alliance with other Native American tribes in the state. In November 2002, John McCoy, a longtime Tulalip leader, was elected to the Washington state legislature, where he first served as the only Native American member.<ref name="shukovsky"/> McCoy remained a member of the state legislature until his retirement in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cornfield |first=Jerry |date=April 16, 2020 |title=Tulalip leader, state lawmaker John McCoy to retire |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/2020/04/16/tulalip-leader-state-lawmaker-john-mccoy-abruptly-retires/ |work=The Everett Herald |accessdate=March 10, 2026}}</ref> For a time he served as the only Native American in the legislature, at other times being joined by Jeff Morris, an Alaskan Native (Tsimpshian) who was elected in 1996 with two other Alaskan Natives, Dino Rossi (Tlingit) and Jim Dunn (Aleut).{{cn|date=March 2026}} Seven other Native Americans have since been elected to the state legislature, including Julie Johnson (Lummi). Only one Native American state representative is Republican; all the others are members of the Democratic Party.<ref name="walker">{{Cite news|url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/09/21/julie-johnson-lummi-receives-state-democratic-party-honor-165838|title=Richard Walker, "Julie Johnson, Lummi, Receives State Democratic Party Honor"|website=indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com|date= September 21, 2016|accessdate=July 23, 2022}}</ref>
In addition, in the 2002 election, the Tulalip worked with other tribes in the state to defeat a candidate for the state Supreme Court who had "a long track record of opposing tribal interests."<ref name="shukovsky">{{cite news |title=Tulalips want cut of sales tax from Quil Ceda Village|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/100824_tax20.shtml|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer|author=Shukovsky|date=December 20, 2002|access-date=September 21, 2016|first=Paul|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229150744/http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Tulalips-want-cut-of-sales-tax-from-Quil-Ceda-1103619.php|archive-date=February 29, 2012}}</ref>
==Culture== {{vanchor|Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve}} thumb|Hibulb Cultural Center and Museum
In August 2011, the tribe opened the {{convert|23000|sqft}} on the reservation.<ref>{{citation|title=Tulalip Hibulb Cultural Center features 'Coast Salish Canoes' exhibit|author=Terry Richard|date=October 1, 2014|newspaper=The Oregonian|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2014/10/tulalip_hibulb_cultural_center.html}}</ref> The center includes museum exhibits of Tulalip history and artifacts, classrooms, an archaeological repository, a longhouse, and research library. Attached is a {{convert|50|acre}} nature preserve.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org/assets/pdf/Hibulb-Information-Cultural-Center-Brochure.pdf|title=Hibulb Cultural Center informational brochure|access-date=April 26, 2015|website=www.hibulbculturalcenter.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401134704/http://www.hibulbculturalcenter.org/assets/pdf/Hibulb-Information-Cultural-Center-Brochure.pdf|archive-date=April 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Language=== The tribes speak English and Lushootseed,<ref name=tula/> a Central Salish language. The language is written in the Latin script. A dictionary and grammar have been published.<ref>[http://www.ethnologue.com/language/lut/ "Lushootseed." ''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved September 25, 2013.]</ref> The tribe established its own language department in the 1990s to promote and preserve the use of Lushootseed across the region. Marysville Pilchuck High School began offering Lushootseed classes to its students in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davey|first=Stephanie|date=November 17, 2019|title='It's beyond offering a class, it's healing what was stolen'|url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/its-beyond-offering-a-class-its-healing-what-was-stolen/|work=The Everett Herald|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117154500/https://www.heraldnet.com/news/its-beyond-offering-a-class-its-healing-what-was-stolen/|archive-date=November 17, 2019|url-access=limited}}</ref>
===Events=== The tribes host numerous annual events, including Treaty Days, typically in January to commemorate the signing of the Point Elliot Treaty on January 22, 1855; First King Salmon Ceremony, to bless the fishermen and celebrate catching the first king salmon of the season; Winter Dancing; and a Veteran's Pow Wow during the first weekend of every June.<ref name=tula/>
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==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-19-513877-1}}.
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * [http://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/ Tulalip Tribes], official website * [http://www.codepublishing.com/WA/Tulalip/ Tulalip Tribes Codes] * [http://www.tulaliplushootseed.com/ Tulalip Lushootseed], language project * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Cvzet_W08 Fishing rights / Tulalip tribes vs. Suquamish Indian tribe]
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