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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 Kutenai tribe, who live in the southeastern parts of British Columbia and formerly extended to southwestern Alberta, speak an isolate language. Athapaskan-speaking people, the Chilcotin and Carrier, occupy the northernmost part of the Plateau region. The First Nations of the Plateau were influenced by the First Nations of the Pacific Coast ...
Primarily the north coast of Grays Harbor County: Samish Indian Reservation: 1,835 79 (Samish also owns another ~130 acres of non-trust land) Anacortes: Sauk-Suiattle Indian Reservation: 200 96 Near Darrington in southern Skagit County: Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation: 70 334 Along Willapa Bay in northwestern Pacific County: Skokomish Indian ...
Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [4] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
Containing a description of a part of Oregon, California and the north west coast and the numbers, manners and customs of the native tribes. New York: Chas. Fred. Heartman. doi: 10.14288/1.0222597. OCLC 4993835. Jones, David E. (2004). Native North American Armor, Shields, and Fortifications. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292701700.
It wasn't until the twentieth century that the totem pole tradition was adopted by the northern Coast Salish peoples including the Cowichan, Comox, Pentlatch, Musqueam, and Lummi tribes. These tribes created fewer free-standing totem poles, but are known for carving house posts in the interior and exterior of longhouses. [15] [16] [17] [18]
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 ...
Tribe or People from the Direction of the North Wind Hoonah: Hoonah people: S'awdáan Ḵwáan: sʼawdáːn qʰʷáːn: From S'oow ('jade') daa (around), aan (land/country/village) because the bay is the color of jade all around Sedum Sumdum Tʼaḵjik.aan Ḵwáan: tʼaqtʃikʔaːn qʰʷáːn: Coast Town Tribe northern Prince of Wales Island ...