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34th Street Xwch’ángteng Housing Project

Xwch'ángteng Housing Project Completed!

Xwch’ángteng (whuh-CH-ang-tun)

place of coming home/place of being brought home


“The Samish Indian Nation's new affordable housing project spans 2 acres of tribal land in Anacortes. The project, called Xwch'ángteng, contains 14 two-bedroom cottages that are ADA-ready, along with a new community center and playground. Samish tribal members who are seniors, disabled, and low-income will get priority for the new cottages, which are each roughly 1,000 square feet.

Tom Wooten, tribal chairman of the Samish Indian Nation, said there hasn’t been a Samish village in over 125 years.

‘We’ve always had people living here, residing at our traditional territories as individuals, but this is the first time we’ve located [Samish elders] in one place,’ Wooten said at a ribbon cutting ceremony for Xwch'ángteng on Friday.
‘This is me trying to bring back our families,’ he added.”

—Segment from article by KUOW online


After final pieces of the project were in place, a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony took place May 17, 2024