The Sammamish people (Lushootseed: sc̓ababš) are a Lushootseed-speaking Southern Coast Salish people.
The Sammamish speak Lushootseed, a Coast Salish language which was historically spoken across most of Puget Sound, although its usage today is mostly reserved for cultural and ceremonial practices.
They [Sammamish People] are indigenous to the Sammamish River Valley in central King County, Washington.
For more than 10,000 years, the Sammamish people have hunted, fished, and gathered on their lands along Lake Washington and the Sammamish River and Lake.