Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples

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The Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples are an Indigenous Coast Salish group traditionally inhabiting the northern Olympic Peninsula and southern Vancouver Island region, known for their rich maritime culture, cedar-based craftsmanship, and enduring tribal communities in Washington State.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
Indigenous people
country Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
culture cedar-based craftsmanship
maritime culture
economicActivity fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
shellfish harvesting
ethnicGroupOf Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
federallyRecognizedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
hasTribalGovernment Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe reservation
surface form: Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe reservation
surface form: Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
historicalContactWith European explorers
Hudson's Bay Company
surface form: Hudson’s Bay Company traders
language Klallam language
languageFamily Salishan languages
locatedAlong Juan de Fuca Strait
surface form: Strait of Juan de Fuca
notableCraft cedar basketry
cedar plank houses
dugout canoes
woven cedar bark clothing
partOf Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
region British Columbia
Washington State, United States
surface form: Washington State
relatedEthnicGroup Lummi people
Songhees people
Coast Salish peoples
surface form: Straits Salish peoples
religion Christianity
traditional Coast Salish spirituality
selfDesignation S’Klallam
subgroupOf Coast Salish peoples
traditionalArt carving
painting
weaving
traditionalPractice canoe voyaging
potlatch ceremonies
storytelling
traditionalResource salmon
shellfish
western red cedar
traditionalTerritory northern Olympic Peninsula
southern Vancouver Island
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet-based orthography for Klallam language

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Coast Salish peoples hasSubgroup Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
Clallam County, Washington namedAfter Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Klallam people
Clallam County, Washington hasIndigenousPeople Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Klallam people
Olympic Peninsula hasIndigenousInhabitants Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Klallam people
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe reservation people Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Lower Elwha Klallam people
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe reservation homelandOf Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Jamestown S’Klallam people
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe reservation hasCulturalSignificanceFor Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Jamestown S’Klallam people
Quilcene indigenousPeople Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: Quilcene (Klallam) people
Treaty of Point No Point appliesToPeople Klallam (S’Klallam) peoples
this entity surface form: S’Klallam people