Editing Carnation, Washington (section)

=== Snoqualmie settlement ===
The [[Snoqualmie people]] have inhabited the Carnation area for more than 10,000 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carnation (Tolt) &ndash; Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/391 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref> Prior to American settlement, the Snoqualmie had a large village spanning the Tolt River ({{Langx|lut|tultxʷ}})<ref name=":1" /> at its confluence with the Snoqualmie.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hollenbeck |first=Jan L |title=A Cultural Resource Overview: Prehistory, Ethnography, and History |publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]] |year=1987}}</ref> This village was highly important as it was the second-largest village in the Snoqualmie river valley. The village also had the best natural defenses in the Snoqualmie river valley.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Tollefson |first=Kenneth D. |date=1987 |title=The Snoqualmie: A Puget Sound Chiefdom |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3773450 |journal=Ethnology |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=121–136 |doi=10.2307/3773450 |jstor=3773450 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dailey |first=Tom |title=Village Descriptions--Duwamish-Seattle |url=http://coastsalishmap.org/Village_Descriptions_Duwamish-Seattle.htm#3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030213060208/http://coastsalishmap.org/Village_Descriptions_Duwamish-Seattle.htm#3 |archive-date=2003-02-13 |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Coast Salish Map}}</ref>

The most important building in the village was the {{Langx|lut|x̌alalʔtxʷ|label=none}} (lit. "marked house").<ref name=":0" /> The {{Langx|lut|x̌alalʔtxʷ|label=none}} was a giant longhouse which served as a sort of capitol building, where council was held by both local elders and visiting leaders. It also was an education center for all the people living in the Snoqualmie valley. Elders taught valuable skills and knowledge, such as Snoqualmie language, customs, and laws.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

In the 19th century, the prominent Snoqualmie leader [[Patkanim]] ({{Langx|lut|p̓əƛ̕qidəb}}) was born in this village. At this time, Snoqualmie society began to centralize into a chiefdom. During the colonial period, the village served as the [[de facto]] capital of the Snoqualmie chiefdom under Patkanim.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />