Puyallup Indians
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- Aug 26, 1892The Secretary Asks the Puyallups Whether They Are Fit to Hold Their Own LandInterior Secretary John W. Noble met 200 Puyallup people on the reservation and promised to carry their wish to sell to President Harrison — after satisfying himself that they could be trusted with the money.Puyallup Indian Reservation, Tacoma, WA
- May 7, 1893A Railroad Across Puyallup Land—With the Tribe’s Consent?Frank C. Ross sends federal officials contracts for a right-of-way through the Puyallup Reservation, testing whether Indigenous consent can authorize construction without Congress.Puyallup Reservation, Tacoma, WA
- Jan 13, 1895The Tide Lands Plat: A Waterfront Laid Out for SaleState appraisers file the plat for the Tacoma tide lands, opening 600 acres of shore and mud flats to sale—unless upland owners claim them first.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 20, 1895A Chief's Remains and a Fourth of July at Leschi's Old CampPuyallup, Muckleshoot and valley tribes planned a July gathering to disinter a Nisqually chief and rebury him at the site of Leschi's old camp.Nisqually, WA