Quileute people

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The Quileute people are a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest known for their rich coastal culture, fishing and whaling traditions, and a language isolate once spoken along the western coast of Washington State.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
language isolate
artStyle Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast art
clanSymbol wolf
concern cultural appropriation issues related to Twilight
culturalPractice carving
potlatch-like feasts
song and dance
cultureType coastal culture
educationInstitution Quileute Tribal School
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
featuredIn The Twilight Saga film series
surface form: Twilight series
features transformer beings
wolf origin stories
governingBody Quileute Tribal Council
hasLanguage Quileute language
hasMythology Quileute mythology
hasReservation La Push, Washington
hasReservationArea Quileute Indian Reservation
languageRevitalization tribal language programs
languageStatus severely endangered
locatedIn La Push, Washington
notableEconomicActivity arts and crafts
fishing industry
tourism
populationTrend small population
primaryLocation Pacific Northwest
western coast of Washington State
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
region western coast of Washington State
relatedEthnicGroup Chimakum people
Hoh people
Makah people
spokenBy Quileute people self-linksurface differs
traditionalHousing plank houses
traditionalMaterialCulture cedar wood
woven baskets
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
whaling
traditionalTerritory Olympic Peninsula
Washington Coast
surface form: Pacific coast of Washington

Quillayute River basin
surface form: Quillayute River region
treatySignatory Treaty of Olympia
surface form: Treaty of Olympia (1855)
usesWatercraft cedar dugout canoes

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Jacob Black memberOf Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute tribe
La Push, Washington governedBy Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation
La Push, Washington hasEthnicMajority Quileute people
La Push, Washington hasCulturalSignificanceFor Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute Tribe
Quinault people neighboringGroup Quileute people
La Push administeredBy Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation
La Push traditionalInhabitants Quileute people
Quileute people spokenBy Quileute people self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Quileute language
Makah people relatedEthnicGroup Quileute people
Hoh people relatedEthnicGroup Quileute people
Quileute werewolf pack basedOn Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute tribe
Billy Black memberOf Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute tribe
Billy Black loyalTo Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute tribe
Sarah Black memberOf Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute tribe
Quinault Indian Nation includesTribalGroup Quileute people
this entity surface form: Quileute (some members)