Quileute Indian Reservation

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The Quileute is a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, currently numbering approximately 750. The Quileute people settled onto the Quileute Indian Reservation after signing the Treaty of Quinault River of 1855, later reauthorized as the Treaty of Olympia in 1856 with the United States of America. It is located near the southwest corner of Clallam County, Washington at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific coast. The reservation's main population center is the community of La Push, Washington. The 2000 census reported an official resident population of 371 persons on the reservation, which has a land area of 4.061 km² (1.5678 sq mi, or 1,003.4 acres).They have their own government inside of the United States that consists of a Tribal council with staggered terms. The current tribal council consists of: Chair, Carol Hatch, Vice-Chair, Tony Foster, DeAnna Hobson, Secretary, and Anna Rose Counsell, Treasurer.

The Quileute tribe linguistically belongs to the Chimakuan family of languages among Northwest Coast indigenous peoples. The Quileute language is one of a kind, as the only related aboriginal people to the Quileute, the Chemakum, were wiped out by Chief Seattle and the Suquamish people during the 1860s. The Quileute language is one of only five known languages to not have any nasal sounds (m, n).

Like many Northwest Coast natives, in pre-Colonial times the Quileute relied on fishing from local rivers and the Pacific Ocean for food and built plank houses (longhouses) to protect themselves from the harsh, wet winters west of the Cascade Mountains. The Quileutes, along with the Makah people, were once great whalers.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quileute
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Coordinates:   47°54'18"N   124°37'37"W

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  • Great Article on the Indian Reservation, very informative. I found another good resource at http://www.quileutes.com/quileute-indian-reservation/quileute-indian-reservation.html the Quileute where also once considered great whalers.
  • jacob??? are you there???
  • The Quileute Nation Reservation is a beautiful patch of land alongside the ocean that will take your breath away with each new landscape. I love walking on the beach, listening to the water hit the surf, and watching the sun set over the rocky cliffs. The views from a balcony at the Quileute Nation Resort make you forget how grey the skies often are in Western Washington. The Quileute Nation people are friendly, helpful and have a great sense of humor. I would have to say this is one my favorite places to visit in Washington.
  • i think my cousin lives there, 0.o
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