Puyallup Reservation Lands Distributed
After a long period of waiting, Puyallup families have finally received land patents as the reservation is divided into 167 tracts.
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The Puyallup Indians have at last received patents for their lands. The 18,000 acres of the reservation have been divided into 167 tracts, and one given to each family. The Indians have long been anxiously awaiting the news of their patents, and they celebrated the event in great style upon the reservation. The law makes it impossible for them to alienate the title to these lands until the Territory becomes a State.
“The Indians have long been anxiously awaiting the news of their patents, and they celebrated the event in great style upon the reservation.”
This event marked a major shift in the administration of the Puyallup Reservation. The subsequent history of land loss through forced alienation and the ongoing struggle for tribal sovereignty remains a central civic and legal argument in the Pacific Northwest.
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