This study seeks to analyze the extent to which the Snoqualmie Indians have maintained a sense of identity and community in the presence of severe oppression, including the loss of aboriginal villages, reduction in subsistence resources, and persistent pressure for assimilation. It proposes to measure the membership’s perception of their identity and community in several significant areas: social networks, political participation, tribal leadership, religious symbols, and symbols of identity. Three divisions of this document include a section addressing the theoretical idea of ethnicity and community, a section describing individual perceptions of social organization and ethnic boundaries in the 1990s, and a section analyzing responses to a survey questionnaire on identity and community.
