Patkanim

Patkanim
paƛ̕adib
Patkanim (c.~1855)
Snoqualmie leader

Chief Patkanim (Lushootseed: paƛ̕adib;[1] variously spelled Patkanam or Pat Kanim) was chief of the Snoqualmoo (Snoqualmie) and Snohomish tribe in what is now modern Washington state.

During the 1850s, he lived at the largest Snoqualmie village, which was located at modern Fall City and had eighteen longhouses.[2][3] He was the dominant power from Whidbey Island to Snoqualmie Pass, between what is today British Columbia and King County, Washington[4] According to historian Bill Speidel, his was the major Indian power on Puget Sound, in no small part due to control of Snoqualmie Pass and therefore the profitable trade between the tribes on either side.[5]

  1. ^ Miller, Jay (1997). "Back to Basics: Chiefdoms in Puget Sound". Ethnohistory. 44 (2): 375–387. doi:10.2307/483373. ISSN 0014-1801 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Tollefson, Kenneth D. (1987). "The Snoqualmie: A Puget Sound Chiefdom". Ethnology. 26 (2): 121–136. doi:10.2307/3773450. ISSN 0014-1828.
  3. ^ Palmer, Christine Savage (2006). "Historic Overview: Carnation" (PDF). King County Parks, Planning and Resources Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 19, 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2006.
  4. ^ "Snoqualmie Indian Chief". Access Genealogy Indian Tribal Records. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
  5. ^ Speidel, William C. ("Bill") (1978). Doc Maynard: the man who invented Seattle. Seattle: Nettle Creek Publishing Company. ISBN 0-914890-02-6.