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The reservation is at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific coast. La Push, Washington is the reservation's main population center. The 2000 census reported an official resident population of 371 people on the reservation, which has a land area of 4.061 km 2 (1.5678 sq mi, or 1,003.4 acres).
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The refuges were originally created as Flattery Rocks Reservation, Quillayute Needles Reservation, and Copalis Rock Reservation on October 23, 1907, by executive orders from Theodore Roosevelt. They were renamed by a presidential proclamation on July 25, 1940. [9]
La Push is a small unincorporated community situated at the mouth of the Quillayute River in Clallam County, Washington, United States, in the Western Olympic Peninsula. La Push is the main population center within the Quileute Indian Reservation, which is home to the federally recognized Quileute tribe. La Push is known for its whale-watching ...
The Quileute people lost their territory after signing the Quinault Treaty in 1855, but regained one square mile after President Cleveland signed an executive order creating the Quileute Indian Reservation. Their reservation is located near the southwest corner of Clallam County, Washington, at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific ...
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Former American Indian reservations in Ohio (5 P) This page was ...
James Island (Quileute: A-ka-lat - "Top of the Rock") is at the mouth of the Quillayute River near La Push, Washington. Local historians say it is named for Francis Wilcox James, a lighthouse keeper and friend of the Quileute Indians there, [1] though the Origin of Washington Geographic Names attributes the name to Jimmie Howeshatta, a Quileute ...