The Nisqually Reservation, also known as Nisqually Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation of the Nisqually tribe in Thurston County, Washington, United States. The population was 668 at the 2020 census.
History
Nisqually Indian Reservation was formed in 1854 after the signing of the Treaty of Medicine Creek. The portion northeast of the Nisqually River, totaling , was condemned in 1918 by Pierce County for use by the U.S. Army during the establishment of Fort Lewis. The Nisqually Tribe was compensated $75,840 by an Indian Board; an additional $65,000 was appropriated by the federal government in 1921 to landowners in recognition of the "unfair payment".
Geography
The Nisqually Reservation is located at (47.006162, -122.669733).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Nisqually Indian Community CDP (census-designated place, as the reservation is title for census purposes, has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km<sup>2</sup>), of which, 2.7 square miles (7.0 km<sup>2</sup>) of it is land and 0.37% is water.