List of Lushootseed-speaking peoples

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The Lushootseed-speaking peoples, sometimes known as the Lushootseed people,[1][2] are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest who speak the Lushootseed language.

Lushootseed-speaking groups were traditionally politically autonomous at the local, or village, level, so there was no historical term to refer to all Lushootseed-speaking peoples.[3] Words like (dxʷ)ləšucid ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ or ʔacʔaciɬtalbixʷ kʷi gʷədxʷləšucideb (lit. "Lushootseed peoples" or "Peoples who speak Lushootseed") are sometimes used in modern times.[4]

All historically attested extended village groups or bands are listed, grouped by modern-day tribal units, sub-units, and further sub-units:

Northern Lushootseed

Northern Lushootseed (dxʷləšucid)[5] is spoken by peoples living generally in Island, Skagit, Snohomish, and parts of Whatcom counties. Northern Lushootseed-speaking communities include:

  • Upper Skagit – sqaǰətabš[5]
    • Nuwhaha – dxʷʔaha[5]: 4 
      • Lake Whatcom village – sx̌ačuʔabš[6]
      • Lake Samish village – stiksabš[3]: 20 
    • Nookachamps – duqʷəčabš[5]: 85 
      • Mount Vernon village – dᶻalqahabš[3]: 16 
      • Big Lake village - cəlaɬabš[5]: 43 
    • Mesekwegwils – bəsikʷigʷilc[5]: 39 
    • Chobaabish – čubəʔabš[5]: 66 
    • Baslo'alo – baslux̌ʔalux̌
    • Smaliwhu – sbaliʔxʷ[5]: 33 
    • Silayucid – sʔilayucid[3]
    • Beskayucid – bəsq̓ixʷucid[3]
    • Miskaiwhu – bəsq̓ixʷixʷ[5]: 187 
    • Kwabatsabsh – k̓ʷabacabš[3]
  • Sauk – saʔqʷəbixʷ[7]
    • Suiattle – suyaƛ̕bixʷ[7]
  • Stillaguamish – stuləgʷabš[5]: 230 
    • Quadsack – qʷacaʔkʷbixʷ
  • Swinomish – swədəbš[5]: 246 
  • Snohomish – sduhubš[5]
    • Quil Ceda – qʷəl̕sidəʔəbš[5]: 190 
    • Whidbey Island Snohomish – dəgʷasx̌abš[5]: 79 
    • Sdodohobsh – sduduhubš
    • N'Quentlmamish – dxʷkʷiƛ̕əbabš[5]: 126 

Southern Lushootseed

Southern Lushootseed, otherwise known as Twulshootseed (txʷəlšucid)[8] is spoken by the various peoples, historical and contemporary, located in King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, and Kitsap counties. Southern Lushootseed communities include:

  • Skykomish – sq̓ixʷəbš[5]
    • Staktalijamish – st̕aq̓taliǰabš[5]
    • Upper Skykomish/Index people – bəsx̌əx̌əx̌əlč
  • Duwamish – dxʷdəwʔabš[5]
    • Shilshole – šilšulabš
    • Hachuamish – x̌ačuʔabš
      • Thornton Creek band – dəxʷx̌ʷubilabš
      • Union Bay band – sluʔwiɬabš
      • Renton band
      • May Creek band – šabalʔtxʷabš
      • Stkehlmish – saʔcaqaɬəbš
      • Juanita Creek band – təbɬtubixʷ
    • Sammamish – sc̓ababš[5]
    • Stkamish – stəqabš
  • Suquamish – dxʷsəq̓ʷəbš[9]
    • Saktamish – sx̌aq̓tabš
  • Puyallup – spuyaləpabš[5]
    • Hylebos Creek band – sx̌ax̌ƛ̕abš[10]
    • Clarks Creek band – txʷskʷaqʷabš
    • Simons Creek band – sqʷədabš
    • Homamish – sxʷəbabš[11]
    • Shotlemamish – dəxʷsx̌əƛ̕əbabš
    • Steilacoom – č̓tilqʷəbabš[5][10]
      • Clover Creek band
  • Nisqually – dxʷsqʷaliʔabš[5][12]
    • Sequalitchew – sčəgʷaličabš
    • Lower Nisqually
    • Clear Creek band
    • Nisqually Lake band
    • Muck Creek band
    • Meshal/Mashel – bəšalabš[10]
  • Squaxin Island – sqʷax̌sədəbš[5][13]

Whulshootseed

Whulshootseed (xʷəlšucid) refers to the large subdialect of Southern Lushootseed spoken by the Snoqualmie and Muckleshoot peoples.

  • Snoqualmie – sdukʷalbixʷ[5]
    • Tolt band – x̌alalʔtxʷabš[14]
    • Upper Snoqualmie/North Bend band – baqʷababš[14]
    • Fall City band[14]
  • Muckleshoot – bəqəlšuɬ[5]
    • Skopamish – sxʷq̓ʷupabš[5]
      • Yilalkoamish – ʔilalqʷuʔabš[5]
      • Soos/Susabsh – sʔusabš
    • Smulkamish – sbalqʷuʔabš[5]
    • Stuck River band – stəx̌ʷabš
    • Upper Puyallup
    • Tkwakwamish – dxʷxʷaq̓ʷabš
    • South Prairie Creek band

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