We Are Nisqually Strong
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People of the River, People of the Grass
Emergency Utilities Alert Notice
Public Works Water Utility has completed temporary repairs and restored domestic service, all government facilities should avoid non‑essential water use until further notice.
If water emergency occurs over the next several days, call:
Building Director Mike Elliot 360-701-5399
EOC Jeff Choke 360-339-0370
Water/Sewer/Septic Emergency Numbers Tony Berkson 360-790-6935 or Chris Clardy 209-602-7379
Utilities Technicians are Onsite 7 days a week and on call, 24/7.
Updates will be made regarding additional information when more permanent repairs are underway and are finished.
Office Closures
In honor of the life of Benjamin Kautz Sr., the Nisqually Tribe will be closing at 3:00 PM on Thursday, June 25th and all day Friday, June 26th. Please view flyer here details on the services.
NTHWC Health Clinic will be open on Thursday operating with a skeleton crew as needed and will be closed all day Friday. Essential Services, including TGA, and Public Safety, will continue operating as needed.
Our History...
Our people lived in the south Puget Sound watershed long before 1833, when Fort Nisqually was established as the first white settlement on Puget Sound. The Nisqually people came north from the Great Basin, across the Cascade Mountains, to settle near the Mashel River. We were a fishing people, living off of the rich bounty of the river, and sustaining life for our home and environment. The Nisqually Reservation, as it has become known today, was established by the Medicine Creek Treaty of December 26, 1854, although whether the great Nisqually Chief Leschi had agreed to the treaty was heavily disputed. Still, our people were re-established on a reservation consisting of 1,280 acres in what is now Thurston County.
Our Culture...
The Nisqually people have lived in the watershed for thousands of years. According to legend, the Squalli-absch (ancestors of the modern Nisqually Indian Tribe), came north from the Great Basin, crossed the Cascade Mountain Range and erected their first village in a basin now known as Skate Creek, just outside the Nisqually River Watershed's southern boundary. Later, a major village would be located near the Mashel River.
Our Tribal Resources
Our Homeland
For 10,000 years the Nisqually Tribe lived in relative peace and prosperity in its aboriginal homeland of about
2 million acres near the present-day towns of Olympia, Tenino, and Dupont,
and extending to Mount Rainier.
Our Leaders
