Coast Salish Relationality, Environment, and the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott

This presentation by Professor Joshua Reid (Snohomish) illuminates the environmental dimensions of the Treaty of Point Elliott (1855), specifically from a Coast Salish perspective, highlighting how Indigenous leaders sought to maintain relations with their homelands, waters, and more-than-human kin and to extend relationality to settlers. Born and raised in Washington State, Dr. Joshua L Reid (registered member of the Snohomish Indian Nation) is an associate professor of American Indian Studies and the John Calhoun Smith Memorial Endowed Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington. He holds degrees from Yale University and the University of California, Davis. Reid has also received awards, grants, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Western History Association, and the University of Washington, among others. His publications include the award-winning The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs (Yale 2015). He currently directs the UW’s Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest.