Duwamish

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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.

Aliases (1)

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 →
hasClanOrBand	Hachuamish → Hahchoabsh → Stkamish → Sukwamish → Tukwila band →
hasCulturalCenter	Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center →
hasHistoricLeader	Chief Seattle → Si’ahl →
hasHistoricTerritory	Black River (former river in Washington) → Cedar River (Washington) → Duwamish River watershed → Elliott Bay → Green River (Washington) → Lake Union → Lake Washington → Seattle metropolitan area →
hasNameInNativeLanguage	Dkhw’Duw’Absh → Dxʷdəwʔabš →
hasPopulationCenter	Seattle, Washington →
indigenousTo	Puget Sound region → Seattle, Washington →
languageFamily	Salishan languages →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington (state) →
meaningOfName	People of the Inside → People of the Inside (the Duwamish River and Elliott Bay) →
namedAfter	Duwamish River →
nativeLanguage	Lushootseed →
notRecognizedBy	United States federal government (as of 2024) →
partOf	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 (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Princess Angeline →	ethnicGroup
Chief Seattle →	ethnicity
Duwamish ("Duwamish River watershed") →	hasHistoricTerritory