The Quinault ( or , kʷínayɬ) are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States. They are a Southwestern Coast Salish people and are enrolled in the federally recognized Quinault Indian Nation.
The name "Quinault" is an anglicized (albeit French) version of /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. It is also possible that both names come from a French trapper from the Quinault family who visited the area.
Lands
The Quinault Indian Reservation, at , is located on the Pacific coast of Washington, primarily in northwestern Grays Harbor County, with small parts extending north into southwestern Jefferson County. It has a land area of 819.294 km<sup>2</sup> (316.331 sq mi) and reported a resident population of 1,370 persons as of the 2000 census.
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Further reading
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