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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. Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913 Three young Chinook men
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 ...
Nuu-chah-nulth, Ditidaht. The Makah ( / məˈkɑː /; Makah: qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌) are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast living in Washington, in the northwestern part of the continental United States. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, commonly known as the Makah ...
Tlingit Aaní. The Tlingit or Lingít ( English: / ˈtlɪŋkɪt, ˈklɪŋkɪt / ⓘ TLING-kit, KLING-kit) are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and constitute two of the two-hundred thirty-one (231, as of 2022) [3] federally recognized Tribes of Alaska. [4] Although the majority, about 14,000 [citation needed ...
Country. Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw A̱wi'nagwis. The Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw ( IPA: [ˈkʷakʷəkʲəʔwakʷ] ), also known as the Kwakiutl [2] [3] ( / ˈkwɑːkjʊtəl /; " Kwakʼwala -speaking peoples"), [4] [5] are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Their current population, according to a 2016 census, is 3,665.
The Salish peoples are indigenous peoples of the American and Canadian Pacific Northwest, identified by their use of the Salish languages which diversified out of Proto-Salish between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago. [citation needed] The term "Salish" originated in the modern era as an exonym created for linguistic research.
The Coast Salish are a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak one of the Coast Salish languages. The Nuxalk (Bella Coola) nation are usually included in the group, although their ...
Quinault Indian Nation. The Quinault Indian Nation ( / kwɪˈnɒlt / or / kwɪˈnɔːlt /; 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 ...