Organization

Puyallup Indian Commission

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Feb 12, 1892Puyallup Land Sale Proposal Stirs Tacoma SpeculatorsAs Tacoma developers salivated over tribal lands, a prominent Puyallup leader took his case to Washington D.C. to navigate the complex, often predatory, future of his people's property.Puyallup Indian Reservation, Tacoma, WA
Feb 14, 1892The Millions Buried in Puyallup Indian LandA government report reveals the staggering valuation of tribal lands near Tacoma, sparking a 19th-century struggle over ownership, development, and the protection of Indigenous sovereignty against encroaching white expansion.Puyallup Reservation, Tacoma, WA
Aug 16, 1893Bureaucratic Delay Stalls Puyallup Land CommissionFederal inertia leaves a key commission unappointed, as the Interior Department claims it is too busy with the national silver debate.Puyallup, WA
Dec 21, 1893Tension Rises on the Puyallup ReservationA federal commission attempts to settle land disputes while facing intense resistance from the Puyallup people, who reject the government's authority to dismantle their land holdings.Puyallup Reservation, Tacoma, WA
Apr 23, 1895The Judge Who Cleared the Way to Sell Puyallup Reservation LandIn April 1895, a federal court refused to block the sale of Puyallup Indian Reservation lands, ending an injunction and setting the stage for dispossession.Puyallup Indian Reservation, Puyallup, WA
May 1, 1895The Puyallup Land Sale the Tribe Tried to StopHours before the reservation auction, attorney Charles Woodworth filed revocations for nearly half the lands, arguing the Indians—not the commission—controlled the sale.Puyallup Reservation, Puyallup, WA
May 3, 1895The Puyallup Lands Went on Sale and Almost Nobody BidA congressional commission put 1,100 acres of Puyallup reservation land on the block outside Tacoma, appraised at $30,000. Two days in, roughly $3,000 had been taken — and the Indians on the land were already organising their own counter-sale.Puyallup Indian Reservation, Tacoma, WA
May 30, 1895A Tacoma Murder Case Opens Again—With a Fight Over the Prosecutor’s OpeningW. T. Taylor stands accused of killing E. R. Capron on Christmas Eve. As the second hearing begins, lawyers clash over how much of the state’s story the jury should hear before any witness takes the stand.Tacoma, WA