The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is a Federally-Recognized Indian Tribe composed of descendants of the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup Peoples who inhabited Central Puget Sound for thousands of years before non-Indian settlement.
This guide has been created to help build a cohesive identity between the Tribe's social media and web platforms across typography, color, logo, and voice.
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*Per an October 2025 Tribal Operations directive, all materials written, translated, or published in the Muckleshoot language by any Muckleshoot Indian Tribe department, agency, program, or office must be reviewed and approved by the Muckleshoot Language Department prior to release.
Additionally, when possible, this font provided by the Language Department should be used for materials. This font is not currently supported via web. For the time being, Web fonts may be substituted with Noto Serif Medium.
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Land acknowledgment is a traditional custom that has been historically used by many Native communities. Today, land acknowledgments are used by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to recognize the original stewards of the land we now live upon.
The following examples of Land Acknowledgement statements have been approved by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for use in local meetings, events, and other gatherings.
We acknowledge that this _________ is on the Traditional Lands of the Muckleshoot people, past and present. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is the Seattle area's Federally Recognized Indian Tribe and successor to the people and villages of the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup drainages, who were party to the Treaties of Point Elliott and Medicine Creek.
Our ancestors of 1855-1856 were treaty warriors, caretakers of this land and all of its precious resources.
tubšadad ti yel'yelabčeł ʔə 1855-1856 ʔə tliiti ʔutix̌dxw ʔə ti swatixwted gwələ stabigwəs
"Muckleshoot is party to both the Medicine Creek and Point Elliot Treaties. These treaties reserve governmental rights to the Muckleshoot People and recognize their “Usual and Accustomed Territory”, where they hunt, fish, gather, trade, govern, and live. These areas include Dzidzilalich, (Dz-zah-lah-luch), what is now known as the city of Seattle and surrounding region."
* DiDelaliV (Dz-zah-lah-luch) is the traditional Muckleshoot place name for Seattle and means: The Shaking Ground Place."
"I/we acknowledge we are gathered upon the ancestral lands of the Seattle area’s Federally Recognized Indian Tribe – the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, who historically lived throughout the areas between the Cascade Mountains and Puget Sound, what is also known as the Salish Sea."
"I would like to acknowledge the Muckleshoot People who are the Traditional Stewards of this Land and the Federally Recognized Treaty Tribe of King County. I offer my respect to the ancestors and elders of the Muckleshoot Tribe and extend that respect to other elders present."
"We would like to acknowledge the Federally Recognized Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, the ancestral keepers of the land we are gathered on today. We thank them for their immense contributions to our state and local, history, culture, economy, and identity as Washingtonians."
"I would like to express our gratitude and acknowledgement of the Federally Recognized Muckleshoot People, as we gather on their traditional lands. We recognize Muckleshoot’s continued presence as a strong sovereign nation and their invaluable contributions to our state history, economy, and culture."
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