Duwamish

E71498
Coast Salish people Native American people

The Duwamish are a Coast Salish Native American people indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area, with deep historical, cultural, and spiritual ties to the region’s waterways and lands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Duwamish canonical 11
Duwamish River watershed 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalCenterOpened 2009 ⓘ
culturalPractice potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
spiritual relationships with regional waterways and lands ⓘ
storytelling traditions ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasClanOrBand Hachuamish ⓘ
Hachuamish ⓘ
surface form: Hahchoabsh

Stkamish ⓘ
Sukwamish ⓘ
Tukwila band ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center ⓘ
hasHistoricLeader Chief Seattle ⓘ
Si’ahl ⓘ
hasHistoricTerritory Black River ⓘ
surface form: Black River (former river in Washington)

Cedar River (Washington) ⓘ
Duwamish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duwamish River watershed

Elliott Bay ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
surface form: Green River (Washington)

Lake Union ⓘ
Lake Washington ⓘ
Seattle metropolitan area ⓘ
hasNameInNativeLanguage Dkhw’Duw’Absh ⓘ
Dxʷdəwʔabš ⓘ
hasPopulationCenter Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle, Washington
indigenousTo Puget Sound region ⓘ
Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle, Washington
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington ⓘ
surface form: Washington (state)
meaningOfName People of the Inside ⓘ
Suquamish ⓘ
surface form: People of the Inside (the Duwamish River and Elliott Bay)
namedAfter Duwamish River ⓘ
nativeLanguage Lushootseed ⓘ
notRecognizedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government (as of 2024)
partOf Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
surface form: Coast Salish
practices canoe travel ⓘ
longhouse culture ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
recognizedBy State of Washington (as a historic tribe) ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
root and berry gathering ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
traditionalReligion Coast Salish spirituality ⓘ
treatySignedOn 1855-01-22 ⓘ
treatySignedWith United States government ⓘ
uses cedar for canoes and longhouses ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Seattle → ethnicity → Duwamish ⓘ
Princess Angeline → ethnicGroup → Duwamish ⓘ
Duwamish → hasHistoricTerritory → Duwamish self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duwamish River watershed
Suquamish people → ethnicity → Duwamish ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief Seattle
Treaty of Point Elliott → signatory → Duwamish ⓘ
Kikisoblu → ethnicity → Duwamish ⓘ
Kikisoblu → culture → Duwamish ⓘ
Kikisoblu → language → Duwamish ⓘ
Duwamish Tribal Services → ethnicGroupServed → Duwamish ⓘ
Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center → culturalAffiliation → Duwamish ⓘ
Dxʷdəwʔabš → hasExonym → Duwamish ⓘ
Stkamish → hasEthnicIdentity → Duwamish ⓘ