Duwamish

E71498

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
Kikisoblu ethnicity Duwamish
Kikisoblu culture Duwamish
Kikisoblu language Duwamish
Dxʷdəwʔabš hasExonym Duwamish
Stkamish hasEthnicIdentity Duwamish