We've talked about the state's challenging county names. We've reviewed dozens of tricky city names around Washington. Now, in Part III of our Say WA! pronunciation series, we'll be tackling those tribal names found so often around our great state. There are 574 federally recognized Indian Tribes in the United States, and 29 of them have ancestral lands here within the Washington state borders. There are also a handful of non-federally recognized tribes, some still fighting to gain recognition and independence. From east to west and north to south, the influence of our region's indigenous people is embedded in everything.