Duwamish Tribe

E1031357

The Duwamish Tribe is a Coast Salish Native American people indigenous to the Seattle, Washington area, known as the region’s original inhabitants and central to its early history and culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Duwamish Tribe canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Coast Salish people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
advocatesFor cultural preservation ⓘ
environmental protection ⓘ
land rights ⓘ
alsoAssociatedWith Suquamish Tribe ⓘ
associatedCity Seattle ⓘ
associatedRiver Duwamish River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalCenterIn West Seattle ⓘ
culture Coast Salish culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Seattle, Washington area ⓘ
hasAncestralTerritory Black River ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
Lake Union ⓘ
Lake Washington ⓘ
Puget Sound region ⓘ
hasOrganization Duwamish Tribal Services ⓘ
hasSettlementType longhouse ⓘ
historicalRole central to early history of Seattle ⓘ
original inhabitants of Seattle area ⓘ
indigenousTo Duwamish River valley ⓘ
linked to: Duwamish Valley

Elliott Bay ⓘ
Seattle, Washington ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
locatedIn Washington state ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Dkhw’Duw’Absh (People of the Inside) or similar Lushootseed term ⓘ
notRecognizedBy United States federal government ⓘ
operates Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center ⓘ
partOf Coast Salish cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Coast Salish region
populationRegion King County, Washington ⓘ
recognizedBy City of Seattle ⓘ
linked to: Seattle

King County, Washington ⓘ
religion Coast Salish spirituality ⓘ
seeks federal recognition ⓘ
significantPerson Chief Seattle ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalFoodSource berries ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
traditionalHousing cedar plank longhouses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Lushootseed ⓘ
Southern Lushootseed ⓘ
linked to: Lushootseed
treaty Treaty of Point Elliott ⓘ
treatySignedIn 1855 ⓘ
usesMaterial Western red cedar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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