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Medicine Joe, scanned from a post card
we found postmarked in 1908. Picture likey taken
in the late 1800's.
 
     "Those people will wander this way... they will be looking for a certain stone... They will be people who do not get tired, but who will keep pushing forward, going all the time. They will keep coming, coming... They will travel everywhere, looking for this stone which our great-grandfather put on the earth in many places... These people will not listen to what you say; what they are going to do they will do. You people will change: in the end of your life in those days you will not get up early in the morning, you will not know when day comes... They will try to change you from your way of living to theirs... They will tear up the earth, and at last you will do it with them. When you do, you will become crazy, and you will forget all that I am teaching you." 

Sweet Medicine (Cheyenne)
"In the Spirit of Crazy Horse"
By Peter Matthiessen

     The Swinomish Indian Reservation is located in Skagit County Washington State, USA. The tribes and bands of Coast Salish people later grouped together as "Swinomish" were parties to the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855. This site will seek to provide an informative look at the history of the Swinomish tribe, as well as dealing with current issues facing the Swinomish people.

 
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Swinomish Laws and Ordinances

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1880 Special Swinomish Census
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Tribal Election 2000

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