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Quileute people
The Quileute (; ) are a Native American people Indigenous to western Washington state in the United States. Quileute people are represented by the federally recognized Quileute Tribe. Some Quileute are enrolled in the federally recognized Quinault Indian Nation.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Quileute
- Ethnic group.native_name_lang
- qui
- Ethnic group.image
- La Push aerial.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Aerial view of La Push, the de facto capital of the Quileute Tribe
- Ethnic group.population
- 800
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Washington (United States)
- Ethnic group.langs
- English, historically Quileute
- Ethnic group.religions
- Christianity, including the Indian Shaker Church; traditional folk religion
- Ethnic group.related
- Hoh, Chemakum
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Prehistory
- 18th and early 19th centuries
- Quinault Treaty
- Reservation era
- Culture
- Artwork and material culture
- Foodways
- Religion and cosmology
- Language
- Society
- Historic social organization
- Ceremonies
- External relations
- Quileute Tribe
- Quileute Tribal School
- Quileute in popular culture
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
The Quileute (; ) are a Native American people Indigenous to western Washington state in the United States. Quileute people are represented by the federally recognized Quileute Tribe. Some Quileute are enrolled in the federally recognized Quinault Indian Nation.
The Quileute have a long history of occupation on the Olympic Peninsula, with early sites dating back 9,000 years. In the 18th century, the Quileutes first encountered European traders, but contact was infrequent until 1855, when they were party to the Quinault Treaty with the United States. The Quileute agreed to cede their land and move to the Quinault Indian Reservation, however most remained in place. In 1889, the Quileute Reservation was established for the Quileute people at La Push. After the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act, the people of the Quileute Reservation formed the Quileute Tribe in 1936.