Of these stories focus on a figure called the Transformer or Changer, whose actions gave sense to the Lushootseed world. Lushootseed origin stories also place the creation of their world far in the past, when the world was in flux.

Making the World as It Is: The Transformer StoriesДЇrom archaeological sites, scientists know that Native Americans have lived around Puget Sound for over 10,000 years, arriving justДЄfter the Ice Age. This essay views Lushootseed culture through the lens of Huchoosedah, which has been an anchor for Native people in Puget Sound countryДuring two centuries of great change. The core of these traditions is Huchoosedah, a term meaning cultural knowledge and knowledge of self. However, for those who look and listen, Lushootseed traditions are as rich as the bountiful landДЄround the shores of Puget Sound. Lushootseed culture has often been overshadowed by the 'totem pole cultures' of the Northwest Coast and the 'tipiД¬ultures' of the Great Plains. Lived to the south, and the Cascades formed a boundary, crossed by high mountain trails, with the Yakama and other peoples of the Their northern neighbors were the Lummi and Nooksack peoples, while the Twana, Chimacum, and S'Klallam lived to the west. Lushootseed territories covered a large part of what is now western Washington, from near present-day Bellingham south to the stateД¬apital of Olympia, and from the Cascade Mountains west to Hood Canal.

(See also: 'Snoqualmie-Duwamish Dialects of Puget Sound Salish'.) Made up of many local dialects, that was spoken throughout the region. LushootseedД¬omes from two words, one meaning 'salt water' and the other meaning 'language,' and refers to the common language, In this essay, they are called the Lushootseed peoples. Reservations such as Duwamish, Nisqually, Skagit, and Snoqualmie. The Native Americans of Puget Sound have been known as Puget Salish and Southern Coast Salish, and by various spellings of tribes and Into the 21st Century: Survival and Adaptation.The World Changes: The Coming of Europeans and Americans.Weaving a Life Together: Body, House, Community, Cosmos.Circling through the Seasons: Gathering Wealth from Land, River, and Sea.Figures in the Landscape: Spirit Powers and Religious Traditions.Making the World as It Is: The Transformer Stories.Introduction: The People of Huchoosedah.1998 LC/Ameritech Grant Proposal Essay by Coll-Peter Thrush

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