Patkanim

Chief Patkanim (; variously spelled Patkanam or Pat Kanim) was chief of the Snoqualmoo (Snoqualmie) and Snohomish tribe in what is now modern Washington state.

During the 1850s, he lived at the largest Snoqualmie village, which was located at modern Fall City and had eighteen longhouses. He was the dominant power from Whidbey Island to Snoqualmie Pass, between what is today British Columbia and King County, Washington According to historian Bill Speidel, his was the major Indian power on Puget Sound, in no small part due to control of Snoqualmie Pass and therefore the profitable trade between the tribes on either side.

Whidbey Island Patkanim first gained notoriety among American settlers by arranging a meeting on Whidbey Island in 1848, of 8,000 Puget Sound Indians to discuss the rising threat of white colonists.

A Steilacoom band leader, Chew-see-a-kit, rejected the considered attack. Rumors stated a daughter of one of their prominent leaders was being abused by her Nisqually husband, Lahalet, father of Leschi.

Reportedly, Patkanim had three daughters, Julia, Susie and Elizabeth (Lizzie).

A marker was raised to his memory, near Tulalip, but appears not to include a date of birth or death.

The descendants of Patkanim and the tribe he led are divided today between the Snoqualmie and the smaller Snoqaulmoo bands.