Chimakum people

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The Chimakum people were a Native American group indigenous to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, known for their distinct Chimakum language and eventual assimilation into neighboring tribes.

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Label Occurrences
Chimakum people canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
assimilatedInto Skokomish people NERFINISHED
Suquamish people NERFINISHED
S’Klallam people NERFINISHED
other Coast Salish groups
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturallyAssociatedWith Coast Salish peoples NERFINISHED
Northwest Coast cultures NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Northwest Coast cultural area NERFINISHED
documentedBy ethnographers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
environment coastal and riverine ecosystems of the Olympic Peninsula
eponymOf Chimacum Creek NERFINISHED
Chimacum, Washington NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Olympic Peninsula NERFINISHED
fate largely assimilated into neighboring tribes
historicalEvent devastating conflict with Suquamish and S’Klallam in the 19th century
historicalPeriod pre-contact era to 19th century
languageFamily Chimakuan languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus Chimakum language extinct
locatedIn Pacific Northwest
Washington
surface form: Washington State
nameVariant Chemakum NERFINISHED
Chimacum NERFINISHED
Tchimakum NERFINISHED
neighboringGroup Klallam people NERFINISHED
Makah people NERFINISHED
Quileute people NERFINISHED
Skokomish people NERFINISHED
Suquamish people NERFINISHED
partOf indigenous peoples of the Olympic Peninsula
recognizedThrough descendants enrolled in neighboring tribes
region northeastern Olympic Peninsula
religion traditional indigenous spiritual practices
spokeLanguage Chimakum language NERFINISHED
status culturally extinct as a distinct tribe
subsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Chimacum Creek area
Hood Canal vicinity
Port Townsend Bay NERFINISHED

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Chimacum, Washington namedAfter Chimakum people
MV Chimacum namedAfter Chimakum people
Quileute people relatedEthnicGroup Chimakum people