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The term Pacific Northwest is largely used in the American context. At one point, the region had the highest population density of a region inhabited by Indigenous peoples in Canada. [1] [2] [3] Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913 Painting representing "Three Young Chinook Men" by George Catlin
The Swinomish Tribe built a waterfront park, featuring three covered pavilions that resemble woven cedar hats, in time for its hosting in 2011. Gov. Christine Gregoire was a puller in Swinomish Chairman Brian Cladoosby's canoe in 2011.
Chinookan peoples include several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest in the United States who speak the Chinookan languages.Since at least 4000 BCE Chinookan peoples have resided along the upper and Middle Columbia River (Wimahl) ("Great River") from the river's gorge (near the present town of The Dalles, Oregon) downstream (west) to the river's mouth, and along adjacent ...
The Haida (English: / ˈ h aɪ d ə /, Haida: X̱aayda, X̱aadas, X̱aad, X̱aat) are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. They constitute one of 203 First Nations in British Columbia [1] and 231 federally recognized tribes in Alaska.
Villages were abandoned and populations consolidated together, as tribes began to attempt to negotiate with the American government. [10] In an 1851 treaty, the Clatsop tribe proposed to cede 90 percent of their land to the U.S. Government. This treaty was one of many in the Northwest that was never ratified by Senate. Unlike other tribes, the ...
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The Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast — in the western coastal region of the Pacific Northwest, in North America For the peoples of the eastern inland Pacific Northwest, see Category: Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau .
This category is for individual Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest — in northwestern North America. For the peoples, see Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau and Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast.