Quinault people
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The Quinault (
The name "Quinault" is an anglicized (albeit French) version of kʷínayɬ /ˈkʷinajɬ/, the traditional name of a village at the mouth of the Quinault River, today called Taholah. The river, village, and people were given the anglicized name Quinault in 1787 by the maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley.[1] It is also possible that both names come from a French trapper from the Quinault family who visited the area.
Lands
The
Motorists are cautioned that it is not possible to traverse the entire reservation on Highway 109, in spite of what some online mapping services indicate. Construction of the highway north from Taholah to U.S. Highway 101 was halted in the late 1960s. There is only limited access (for private property owners and tribe members) along the northern coast of the reservation.
Currently, only enrolled members of the Quinault Indian Nation and their guests are allowed onto the beaches throughout the reservation without a pass. Guests can obtain access passes that allow them to use the beaches for the day issued.
Culture
Language
Related peoples
The mixture of members with ethnic ties to the modern Quinault tribe is made up of the Quinault,
Basketry and weaving
The Quinault people have been noted
Quinault basket artifacts are in many museums in the Northwest and around the world. The following were notable basket weavers of the Quinault prior to 1960.[5]: 187–209
- Anna Black of Queets
- Beatrice Black b. 1886 of Taholah
- Irene Charley (Shale) b. 1908 of Taholah
- Lena Hebalakp Charley (Bastian) b. 1877 of Taholah
- Maggie Charley (Kalama) b. 1870 of Hoquiam
- Mary Chips b. 1857 of Puyallup and La Push
- Emily Cleveland b. 1929 of Queets
- Lilly Cliff or Clip (Ford) b. 1865 of Neah Bay
- Agnes Garfield (Hudson) b. 1894 of Taholah
- Frances James (Bowechop) (1905-1972) of Neah Bay
- Maggie James (Wain)(Kelly) b. 1886 of Queets
- Anna Jette (Jackson) b. 1889 of Taholah
- Hannah Mason (Bowechop)(Saux)(Payne) (1895-1971) of Taholah
- Blanche Mowitch b. 1908 of Quinault
- Laura Obi (Sam) b. 1864 of Queets
- Charlotte Penn (Kalama) (1924-2010) of Queets
- Hazel Purdy (Underwood) b. 1908 of Taholah
- Blanche Lila Shale (McBride) b. 1925 of Taholah
- Ella Shileba Hobucket Wa-uc or Wa-bas-tub b. 1865 of La Push
- Sarah or Sally Shileba/Shalber Legg (James)(Mason)(Freeman) b. 1865 of Lake Quinault and Taholah, wife of Chief Taholah
- Joyce Simmons (Cheeka) b. 1901 of Neah Bay
- Ida Strom (Law) b. 1898 of Taholah
- Alice Taholah (Jackson) b. 1853 of Taholah, daughter of Chief Taholah
- Maggie Ward (Harlow) Tso-ba-dook b. 1886 of Queets
- Annie Williams (Waukenas) (1859-1951) of Taholah
- Leta Williams (Shale) (Sailto) b. 1928 of Queets
There has been some attempt to preserve traditional basketmaking techniques on the Quinault reservation, though the style has been intermixed with that of other tribes.[3]: 79
Economy
Many tribes within the Pacific Northwest receive per capita payments from their tribes but the Quinault Indian Nation currently does not. The economy for Quinault Indian Nation is mainly derived from the
Communities
References
- ISBN 978-0-8061-3552-6. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Quinault Reservation, Washington United States Census Bureau
- ^ a b Jones 2012.
- ^ Gustafson 1980.
- ^ a b Wray 2012.
- Sources
- Gustafson, Paula (1980), Salish Weaving, Douglas & McIntyre (Vancouver BC) and ISBN 0-88894-268-0
- Wray, Jacilee, ed. (2012), From the hands of a weaver : Olympic Peninsula basketry through time, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 978-0-8061-4245-6
- Jones, Joan Megan (2012), "Quinault Basketry", in Wray, Jacilee (ed.), From the hands of a weaver : Olympic Peninsula basketry through time, pp. 78–91, ISBN 9780806188409
- Jones, Joan Megan (2012), "Quinault Basketry", in Wray, Jacilee (ed.), From the hands of a weaver : Olympic Peninsula basketry through time, pp. 78–91,
Further reading
- Curtis, Edward S. (1913), "Quinault", The North American Indian, Volume 9: Salishan Tribes of the Coast, Plimpton Press, pp. 9–11
External links
- Quinault Indian Nation, official website
- University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – The Pacific Northwest Olympic Peninsula Community Museum
- Inventory of the Quinault Indian Reservation Collection, 1939–1977, in the Forest History Society Library and Archives, Durham, NC
- Quinault artwork, collections of the National Museum of the American Indian