Steilacoom (tribe)

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	The '''Steilacoom''' are an [[List of unrecognized tribes in the United States|unrecognized Native American tribe]] located in [[Washington state]] in the [[United States]].		The '''Steilacoom''' are an [[List of unrecognized tribes in the United States|unrecognized Native American tribe]] located in [[Washington state]] in the [[United States]].
	Traditionally situated in the area southwest of what is now [[Tacoma, Washington]], the Steilacoom spoke a sub-dialect of the [[Salish language]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Santoro|first1=Nicholas|title=Atlas of the Indian Tribes of North America and the Clash of Cultures|date=2009|isbn=1440107955|page=365|url=http://ift.tt/1PHn9zh; The tribe was thought to have numbered about 500 members prior to contact with European settlers, though by 1853 a [[smallpox]] epidemic had decreased that number to about twenty-five individuals. In 1854 the remnants of the tribe entered into the [[Medicine Creek Treaty]], but did not receive a permanent [[reservation]].<ref name=UO>{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Cary|title=A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest|date=2013|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press}}</ref>		Traditionally situated in the area southwest of what is now [[Tacoma, Washington]], the Steilacoom spoke a sub-dialect of the [[Salish language]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Santoro|first1=Nicholas|title=Atlas of the Indian Tribes of North America and the Clash of Cultures|date=2009|isbn=1440107955|page=365|url=http://ift.tt/1PHn9zh; The tribe was thought to have numbered about 500 members prior to contact with European settlers, though by 1853 a [[smallpox]] epidemic had decreased that number to about twenty-five individuals. In 1854 the remnants of the tribe entered into the [[Medicine Creek Treaty]], but did not receive a permanent [[reservation]].<ref name=UO>{{cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Cary|title=A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest|date=2013|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press}}</ref>
−	Beginning in 1929, tribal members embarked on an unsuccessful process of official recognition by the [[United States government]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Mary|title=Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia|date=2014|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> As of the early 2000s, the tribe claimed about 600 members, however, a 2008 investigation by the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] (BIA) found that "only three of them are documented descendants of persons described in 19th and early 20th century documents as Steilacoom Indians" with the remainder having Native ancestry from other sources. The [[Nisqually]] and [[Puyallup (tribe)|Puyallup]] tribes have opposed the Steilacoom attempts at recognition on those grounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summary for the Final Determination Against the Steilacoom|url=http://ift.tt/1NJpgFa of Indian Affairs]]|accessdate=30 August 2015}}</ref> The BIA has declared the Steilacoom an extinct tribe.<ref name=UO />	+	Beginning in 1929, tribal members embarked on an unsuccessful process of official recognition by the [[United States government]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Mary|title=Native America in the Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia|date=2014|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> As of the early 2000s, the tribe claimed about 600 members, however, a 2008 investigation by the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs]] (BIA) found that "only three of them are documented descendants of persons described in 19th and early 20th century documents as Steilacoom Indians" with the remainder having Native ancestry from other sources. The [[Nisqually]] and [[Puyallup (tribe)|Puyallup]] tribes have opposed the Steilacoom attempts at recognition on those grounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Summary for the Final Determination Against the Steilacoom|url=http://ift.tt/1NJpgFa of Indian Affairs]]|accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The BIA has declared the Steilacoom an extinct tribe.<ref name=UO />
	==See also==		==See also==

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