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The Quinault Indian Nation (/ k w ɪ ˈ n ɒ l t / or / k w ɪ ˈ n ɔː l t /; QIN), formerly known as the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Quinault, Queets, Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cowlitz peoples. [4] They are a Southwestern Coast Salish people of Indigenous peoples of the Pacific ...
The Quinault Indian Reservation, at , is located on the Pacific coast of Washington, primarily in northwestern Grays Harbor County, with small parts extending north into southwestern Jefferson County It has a land area of 819.294 km 2 (316.331 sq mi) and reported a resident population of 1,370 persons as of the 2000 census . [ 2 ]
The Quinault Cultural Center and Museum is a museum of culture in Taholah, Washington, owned and funded by the Quinault Indian Nation. [3] It contains artifacts, arts, and crafts of the Quinault, housed in a converted retail building.
Nov. 6—The Quinault Indian Nation has received a $1 million grant from the Department of Justice for continued efforts to address substance abuse, one of three Western Washington tribes to ...
The Quinault Indian Nation is a tribe composed primarily of Quinault, Quileute, Chinook, and Hoh peoples, with Lower Chehalis descendants being a minority population. The tribe had an enrolled population of 2,036 in the 1980s. [12]
Quinault has made flooding-related disaster declarations 26 times from 1957 to 2022, and they have become more frequent. About one-quarter have come since 2016, despite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers raising the seawall by about 4 feet (1.22 meters) in 2014. The flooding has left some homes plagued by mold and destroyed several outbuildings.
The Quinault Indian Reservation was established under the terms of the treaty. Indian signatories included the Quinault Head Chief Taholah and Sub-chiefs Wah-kee-nah, Yer-ay-let'l, and Kne-she-guartsh, the Quileute Head Chief How-yat'l and Sub-chiefs Kal-lape, Tah-ah-ha-wht'l, along with other tribal delegates. [2]
Allotment 1157 was part of the Quinault Indian Reservation until 1928, when the U.S. government gave parcels of Native land to private owners. Washington congressman introduces bill that would ...