Editing Muckleshoot (section)

=== The Muckleshoot reservation ===
{{Main|Muckleshoot Reservation#History}}
The origins of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe lie in the [[Treaty of Medicine Creek|1854 Treaty of Medicine Creek]] and the [[Treaty of Point Elliott|1855 Treaty of Point Elliott]].<ref name="Kelleher2016" />{{Sfn|Ruby|Brown|Collins|2010|p=196}} Although the Stkamish, Skopamish, and Smulkamish bands are mentioned in the preamble to the Treaty of Point Elliott, they did not sign the treaty directly. Along with the [[Sammamish people|Sammamish]], they were assumed by the territorial governor of Washington Territory, [[Isaac Stevens]], to be under the control of the Duwamish and [[Chief Seattle|Seattle]]. It was Stevens' desire to alter the traditional political organization of the Indigenous peoples in the area by appointing single "chiefs" as leaders of entire groups, noting the "difficulties in trying to control an indigenous population without strong chiefs and centralized authority." The decision of creating these political officices was not based on the indigenous social organization, and as such, Seattle was appointed as a "head chief" of a Duwamish Tribe that included all the peoples living along the Duwamish watershed, including the Green and White rivers' population.{{Sfn|Lane|1973|p=11-22, 30}} For this reason, the Muckleshoot Tribe has variously claimed that they have both a treaty and non-treaty status. Furthermore, the Muckleshoot Reservation exists on territory ceded by the Treaty of Point Elliott, but was dictated by the Treaty of Medicine Creek (and only the Medicine Creek treaty was ratified at the time), further contributing to the confusion.{{Sfn|Lane|1973|p=35-37}}

The treaties were unpopular with many, and due to the continuing hostility, the [[Puget Sound War]] began shortly after, in 1855. The ancestral bands of the Muckleshoot joined the war against the American government.{{Sfn|Ruby|Brown|Collins|2010|p=198}} At the war's conclusion, during the [[Fox Island Council]], governor Stevens agreed to the establishment of a new reservation for groups who had not received a reservation under the prior treaties. At [[Fox Island, Washington|Fox Island]], Stevens agreed that a reservation would be created in all the lands between the White and Green rivers, including Muckleshoot Prairie.<ref name="Kelleher2016" />

The [[Muckleshoot Reservation]] was eventually established on January 20, 1857 by an [[executive order]] from U.S. president [[Franklin Pierce]]. However, the reservation did not include all the land previously promised at the Fox Island Council, including traditional fishing and village sites. The reservation would be later expanded in 1874 by president [[Ulysses S. Grant]].<ref name="Kelleher2016" />