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The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe was formalized by members of S'Klallam communities along the eastern end of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 1874 when, faced with the threat of forced relocation by European colonizers, a group purchased a tract of 210 acres (0.85 km 2) and established a community near Dungeness named "Jamestown" in honor of village leader James Balch. [1]
Two Klallam tribes, the Jamestown S'Klallam and Lower Elwha Klallam, live on the Olympic Peninsula, and one, the Port Gamble S'Klallam, on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state. In Canada, the Scia'new First Nation is based at Becher Bay on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
Duane Niatum (McGinniss) is a Native American poet, author and playwright from the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in the northern Olympic Peninsula of the state of Washington. . Niatum's work draws inspiration from all aspects of life ranging from nature, art, Native American history and humans rig
It is located near the city of Sequim on the shores of Sequim Bay. The area includes the Jamestown S'Klallam Indian Reservation, established in 1874 by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, who named their community Jamestown after their leader; Lord James Balch.
$1,580,259 for the Suquamish Indian Tribe. $1,183,114 for the Makah Indian Tribe. $1,068,102 for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. $649,322 for the Quileute Tribe. $627,646 for the Jamestown S ...
The S'Klallam tribe had inhabited the region prior to the arrival of the first Europeans. S'Klallam means "the strong people". The band of S'Klallam Indians disbanded into their own individual federally recognized tribes in the early 1900s. The local tribe is the Jamestown S'Klallam tribe, named after one of their early leaders, Lord James Balch.
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Jamestown is located in northeastern Clallam County, along the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca southeast of Dungeness. It is 4 miles (6 km) north of the city of Sequim. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Jamestown CDP has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.5 km 2), all of it land. [3]