Puget Sound Salish Indians

found: Smithsonian handbk. Am. Ind.:v. 7, pp. 485-490 (Lushootseed is part of the Southern Coast Salish from Samish Bay to the head of the Puget Sound and consists of two groups of dialects, Northern and Southern)

found: Encyclopedia of North American Indians, ©1996(Puget Sound Tribes; Today most descendants of the region's first peoples claim affiliation with a handful of organized tribes--Klallam, Skokomish, Squaxin, Suquamish, Nisqually, Puyallup, Steilacoom, Muckleshoot, Duwamish, Snoqualmie, Snohomish, Tulalip, Stillaguamish, Skagit, Sauk-Suiattle, Swinomish, Samish, Lummi, Nooksack)

found: Duwamish Tribe website, Sept. 1, 2021:Who we are > Chief Si'ahl (In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Si'ahl witnessed epidemics of new diseases introduced by British and American traders, decimating Puget Sound's Native population. Experts estimate that 12,000 Puget Sound Salish - over 30% of the Native population - died from smallpox, measles, influenza and other diseases introduced by Europeans during the first 80 years of contact)

found: Handbook of North American Indians, 1978- :v. 7, p. 487 (table lists 49 Southern Coast Salish tribes: Nuwhaha, Swinomish, Squinamish, Skagit, Kikiallus, Nookachamps, Mesekwegwils, Chobaabish, Smaliwhu, Miskaiwhu, Sauk, Suiattle, Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Kwehtlmamish, Staktalijamish, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Suquamish, Saktamish, Duwamish, Stkehlmish, Sammamish, Stkamish, Yilalkoamish, Skopamish, Smulkamish, Homamish, Puyallup, Tkwakwamish, Steilacoom, Nisqually, Meshal, Shotlemamish, Squaxin, Sahewamish, Tapeeksin, Squiaitl, Stehchass, Nusehchatl; Twana: Dabop, Quilcene, Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hoodsport, Skokomish, Vance Creek, Tahuya, Duhlelap; Nookachamps, Mesekwegwils, Chobaabish, Smaliwhu, and Miskaiwhu collectively called Upper Skagit; the reservation established for Stkamish, Yilalkoamish, Skopamish, Smulkamish, and Tkwakwamish was called Muckleshoot)