Dkhw’Duw’Absh

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Dkhw’Duw’Absh is the endonym of the Duwamish people, a Coast Salish Native American tribe indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people
Native American people
endonym
indigenous people
associatedCity Seattle
associatedRiver Duwamish River
ceremonialPractice potlatch-like feasts
winter dances
colonialHistory affected by 19th-century U.S. expansion in Puget Sound
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalContinuity maintains Coast Salish cultural traditions in Seattle area
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Northwest Coast

Northwest Coast–Plateau transition zone
surface form: Plateau–Northwest Coast transition zone
endonymFor Duwamish people
ethnonymLanguageFamily Salishan languages
historicalEconomy fishing
hunting
plant gathering
salmon harvesting
shellfish gathering
indigenousTo Puget Sound region
greater Seattle area
surface form: Seattle, Washington area
languageFamily Salishan languages
modernIssue federal recognition disputes involving Duwamish people
partOf Coast Salish cultural group
relatedEthnicGroup Muckleshoot
Coast Salish peoples
surface form: Other Coast Salish peoples

Puyallup
Snoqualmie
Suquamish
religion Coast Salish spirituality
selfDesignationMeaning People of the Inside
state Washington
subgroupOf Duwamish people
traditionalHousing cedar plank longhouse
traditionalLanguage Lushootseed
traditionalMaterialCulture cedar canoes
woven cedar bark items
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Black River NERFINISHED
Elliott Bay
Green River
Lake Washington
treatyHistory associated with mid-19th-century Puget Sound treaties

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Duwamish hasNameInNativeLanguage Dkhw’Duw’Absh