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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]
The Klallam are today citizens of four recognized bands: Three federally-recognized tribes in the United States and one band government in Canada. 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.
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
The Chimakum, also spelled Chemakum and Chimacum Native American people (known to themselves as Aqokúlo and sometimes called the Port Townsend Indians [1]), were a group of Native Americans who lived in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay until their virtual extinction in 1902.
The Skokomish Indian Tribe, [4] formerly known as the Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, [5] and in its own official use the Skokomish Tribal Nation, [6] is a federally recognized tribe of Skokomish, Twana, Klallam, and Chimakum people. [3]
Klallam is closely related to the Northern Straits Salish dialects, Sooke, Lekwungen, Saanich, Lummi, and Samish [7] but the languages are not mutually intelligible. There were several dialects of Klallam, including Elwha Klallam, Becher Bay Klallam, Jamestown S'Klallam and Little Boston S'Klallam. [8]
The area includes the Jamestown S'Klallam Indian Reservation, ... As of the census [3] of 2000, there were 162 people, 68 households, ...
The site is either a registered archaeological site, or nominated to become one with the Washington State Department of Archaeology. [10]In 2013, the rock was purchased with 62 acres (25 ha) of surrounding land by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe for preservation, at the end of a series of loans and purchases by organizations including Washington State Parks, Bullitt Foundation and Jefferson Land ...