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Puyallup with longboats on shore of Puget Sound

• c. 1886 (Creation)

A group of Puyallup Indians with their longboats (canoes) on the Puget Sound around 1886. Behind them can be seen the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge. The Puyallups were primarily fishermen, hunters and gatherers. The local salmon provided their primary food source, but was also a symbol of reverence to the tribe. In the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854, they ceded many of their territories but retained their fishing rights. Their village at this time was believed to be at the foot of North 15th. KING-014, TPL 2895.

• Communities » Communities -- Indigenous Communities » Puyallup Tribe
• Vehicles » Boats
• Decade » 1880s