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Governors Office of Indian Affairs (279 words) |
 | After the signing of the treaty the Snoqualmie people tried to secure a reservation in their ancestral lands by the Tolt River but were not successful. |
| The Snoqualmies appealed to the Court of Claims on August 27, 1965 and the court reversed the commission's decision on the issue. |
| The Snoqualmie tribe had federal recognition of a government-to-government relationship from 1859 when the U.S. Senate and the President ratified the treaty of Point Elliott to sometime between 1955 and 1961 when they were no longer considered to be an "organized" tribe under jurisdiction of the BIA. |
| Snoqualmie Falls (1207 words) |
| Snoqualmie Falls, thirty miles east of Seattle, Washington, is sacred to the Snoqualmie Tribe of the Puget Sound region. |
| The request offended the Snoqualmie people who were already unhappy about the sacrilegious operation and the fact that the power company, developers, tourists, and federal officials have consistently disregarded the spiritual and cultural significance of the falls to the tribe. |
| The Snoqualmie people and their allies believed this was the last opportunity to preserve and restore this sacred place “for all people, for all time”. |
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