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. At that time they were one of the largest tribes in the
Puget Sound region numbering around 4,000. In 1937 the Federal Government proposed granting a reservation though in the end the land was never given. The tribe lost
federal recognition in 1953. In October 1999, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs once again granted recognition to the Snoqualmie. They purchased land for and were granted a
reservation near
Snoqualmie, Washington, on which the tribe opened the
Snoqualmie Casino in 2008. 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. The in East
King County holds environmental, economic, and historic value to the tribe. The land, most recently used for industrial timber, will be sustainably harvested while the ecosystem is managed to support the native plant and wildlife populations. == Government ==