The Nisqually language belongs to the Salishan family of Native American languages. The tribe moved onto their reservation east of Olympia, Washington in late 1854 with the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty.
The Nisqually Indians originally inhabited the interior woodlands and coastal waters from Mount Rainier west to Puget Sound. The lifestyle of the Nisqually, like many Northwest Coast tribes, involved the fishing of salmon. In 1917, the U.S. Army, through the process of condemnation proceedings, took 3,370 acres for the Fort Lewis Military Reserve.
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