The Lushootseed-speaking peoples, sometimes known as the Lushootseed people,[1][2] are a group of linguistically-related peoples Indigenous to the Pacific Northwest.
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:
- ^ Hess, Thom, "Introduction", Lushootseed Reader with Introductory Grammar, vol I.
- ^ Miller, Jay (1997). "Back to Basics: Chiefdoms in Puget Sound". Ethnohistory. 44 (2): 375–387. doi:10.2307/483373. ISSN 0014-1801.
- ^ Collins, June M. (1974). Valley of the Spirits: The Upper Skagit Indians of Western Washington.
- ^ Waterman, T.T. (2001). sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geographical Names. Seattle: Lushootseed Press.
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