The 12,000-acre ancestral forestlands (4,900 ha) in East King County holds environmental, economic, and historic value to the tribe. They have tried and failed on several occasions to secure a reservation on their ancestral lands along the Tolt River (a tributary of the Snoqualmie River) until the Snoqualmie Tribe Ancestral Forest was purchased by the tribe at the end of 2021. They purchased land for and were granted a reservation near Snoqualmie, Washington, on which the tribe opened the Snoqualmie Casino in 2008.

In October 1999, the Bureau of Indian Affairs once again granted recognition to the Snoqualmie. The tribe lost federal recognition in 1953. In 1937 the Federal Government proposed granting a reservation though in the end the land was never given. At that time they were one of the largest tribes in the Puget Sound region numbering around 4,000. Some Snoqualmies settled onto the Tulalip Reservation after signing the Point Elliott Treaty with the Washington Territory in 1855, but many remained in their ancestral homelands around the Snoqualmie Valley and Lake Sammamish. Other names for the Snoqualmies include Snoqualmu, Snoqualmoo, Snoqualmick, Snoqualamuke, and Snuqualmi. They are Coast Salish Native American peoples from the Snoqualmie Valley in east King and Snohomish Counties in Washington state. dukʷalbixʷ), is a federally recognized tribe of Snoqualmie people.Christianity, traditional tribal religion

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