Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples

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First Nations and Native American peoples Indigenous peoples cultural group

Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples are the diverse First Nations and Native American societies of the coastal regions of present-day British Columbia, Washington, and Alaska, known for their complex social structures, rich ceremonial traditions, and distinctive art forms such as totem poles and elaborate wood carvings.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pacific Northwest Coast	10
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest	3
Northwest Coast	3
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast	2
Northwest Coast cultural area	2
Northwest Coast culture area	2
Northwest Coast of North America	2
Indigenous peoples of the Oregon Coast	1
Native American cultures of the Pacific Northwest	1
Northwest Coast and Arctic borderlands	1
Northwest Coast art	1
Northwest Coast of America	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations and Native American peoples ⓘ Indigenous peoples ⓘ cultural group ⓘ
artStyle	formline design ⓘ
ceremonialPractice	potlatch ⓘ
colonialHistory	impacted by European contact ⓘ subject to Canadian and United States colonial policies ⓘ
contemporaryIssues	cultural revitalization ⓘ land rights ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ treaty negotiations ⓘ
culturalAreaIncludes	Bella Coola (Nuxalk) people ⓘ Coast Salish peoples ⓘ Haida ⓘ surface form: Haida people Haisla people ⓘ Heiltsuk ⓘ surface form: Heiltsuk people Kwakiutl people ⓘ surface form: Kwakwaka'wakw people Makah people ⓘ Nisga'a people ⓘ Nuu-chah-nulth peoples ⓘ surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth people Quileute people ⓘ Tongass people ⓘ surface form: Tlingit people Tsimshian ⓘ surface form: Tsimshian people
knownFor	complex clan systems ⓘ complex social structures ⓘ distinctive art forms ⓘ elaborate wood carvings ⓘ hereditary nobility ⓘ mythology involving animal and supernatural beings ⓘ plank houses ⓘ potlatch ceremonies ⓘ ranked social hierarchy ⓘ rich ceremonial traditions ⓘ rich oral traditions ⓘ totem poles ⓘ
languageFamilies	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene languages Salishan languages ⓘ Tsimshianic languages ⓘ Wakashan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ coastal regions of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ present-day British Columbia ⓘ present-day Washington State ⓘ southeast Alaska ⓘ
materialCulture	bentwood boxes ⓘ canoe building ⓘ cedar wood carving ⓘ
region	Pacific Northwest ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
religion	animist beliefs ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	fishing ⓘ marine mammal hunting ⓘ salmon harvesting ⓘ shellfish gathering ⓘ trade networks ⓘ
traditionalHousing	large cedar plank houses ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Skamania (a Chinookan word meaning swift waters) → associatedWith → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Skamania

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest

Sitka National Historical Park → associatedWithPeople → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

California cultural area → borderedBy → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast cultural area

Tsimshian → culturalArea → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast culture area

Gitxsan → culturalRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Kwakiutl people → culturalRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast

Sheetʼká → culturalRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast

Unangan → culturalRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast and Arctic borderlands

Pacific lamprey → culturalSignificanceFor → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest

Chinookan peoples → culture → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast culture area

Multnomah people → cultureArea → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast

Third voyage of James Cook → destination → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast of North America

Third voyage of James Cook → explored → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast of America

HMS Discovery → exploredRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast of North America

Kwakiutl Ethnography → focusesOn → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

Algic languages → geographicDistribution → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Saxman Totem Park → hasArtStyle → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast art

Haida mythology → hasRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast

Kwakiutl people → locatedIn → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Boas → mainInterest → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Franz Boas

this entity surface form: Native American cultures of the Pacific Northwest

Kwakiutl people → partOf → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northwest Coast cultural area

Coast Salish peoples → region → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Haida → region → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Tsimshian → region → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

X̱aad Kíl → region → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Oregon Coast Penutian (proposed) → spokenBy → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Oregon Coast Penutian

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Oregon Coast

Sm’álgyax → spokenIn → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Chinookan peoples → traditionalRegion → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast

Chinook Jargon → usedBy → Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest