Tulalip leader John McCoy was a member of the Washington State Legislature from 2003 to 2020. Their tribes are located in the mid- Puget Sound region of Washington. They are South and Central Coast Salish peoples of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The Tulalip Tribes of Washington ( / t ʊ ˈ l eɪ l ɪ p/, Lushootseed: dxʷlilap ), formerly known as the Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Duwamish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people. Other Duwamish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Skagit, Sauk-Suiattle, Samish, and Stillaguamish people