Nisqually
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Washington
The socially stratified Nisqually lived in permanent winter villages of split-planked rectangular houses. They were dependent upon both marine and land resources for food, practiced a definite yearly subsistence round of travel, and observed a strict division of labor.
The 1850 Donation Act of Oregon allowed settlers to acquire and settle on lands belonging to the Nisqually and others. The 1855 treaties of Point No Point, Point Elliott, and Medicine Creek reserved small tracts of land that eventually became reservations, including the Nisqually Reservation. Chief Leschi, who...
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