the spuyaləpabš way

Be Kind. Be Helpful. Be Sharing.

ƛ'ububƛ'ub, kʷaxʷalikʷ, ʔabalikʷ

The Puyallup People have long practiced generosity and welcoming as a way of living. PTE carries those values into the way we do business. Being kind, being helpful, and being generous shape the opportunities we pursue and the relationships we build.

PTE lives that responsibility in the way it operates and the relationships it keeps. These are a few of them.

  THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

PTE’s values become visible.

Education and visibility

University of Washington Athletics

PTE’s relationship with UW Athletics gives Tribal enterprise a visible place within one of the region’s most recognized institutions. That presence helps PTE welcome more people into the enterprise story, support student and community experiences, and build recognition in this region and beyond.

Youth opportunity

Camp Fire

Camp Fire is a national youth organization built around outdoor experience and youth development. Puyallup Chocolates contributes to that work by providing Camp Fire with a high-demand fundraising product that helps more youth take part in camp while giving them a simple way to practice confidence, responsibility, and early business skills. In this relationship, what Puyallup Chocolates makes becomes a way for young people to participate, learn, and help open the same experience to others.

Welcoming the world

FIFA World Cup 2026

The Puyallup Tribe’s role as an Official Host City Supporter for FIFA World Cup 2026 created a global platform for Tribal visibility and cultural presence. As the world came to Seattle, the Tribe stood in that moment as hosts on their own homelands. PTE helped carry that welcome into the public experience through enterprise products and services, making the Tribe’s values something people could see, experience, and remember.

Culture on screen

Film and Media

PTE and The Unreasonable are producing SAHD Life, a mockumentary sitcom about modern Tribal family life, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Travon Free. The project brings professional film and media production into the community while creating real learning opportunities for Chief Leschi students on a working set. Through this relationship, entertainment becomes a way to create access, build experience, and make room for Native stories to be made with Native people involved in the work.

Shared market, expanded reach

Mark-it Smart

Mark-it Smart is a promotional merchandising company with reach across Tribal gaming. Through this relationship, Puyallup Chocolates brings a premium Tribal-made gifting product into that market, while Tahoma Global Logistics supports the warehousing, processing, and fulfillment behind the work. The relationship connects two PTE companies to one opportunity and shows how PTE uses its values to open doors, share capacity, and carry Tribal-made products into more places.