Quileute Indian Reservation

Indian reservation in United States, Quileute

Quileute Indian Reservation
Indian reservation
Aerial view of La Push and James Island
Location of the Quileute Indian Reservation
Tribe	Quileute
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Clallam
Area
• Total	4.061 km² (1.568 sq mi)
Website	Quileute Tribe

The Quileute Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation for the Quileute people located on the northwestern Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The reservation is at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific coast.

The Quileute people settled onto the Quileute Indian Reservation after signing the Quinault Treaty in 1855. La Push, Washington is the reservation's main population center. The 2000 census reported an official resident population of 371 people on the reservation, which has a land area of 4.061 km² (1.5678 sq mi, or 1,003.4 acres).

In 1966, James Island was removed from surrounding Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Department of the Interior, and returned to the Quileute when the island was discovered to be part of the Quileute Indian Reservation.^[1] In the 2000s, the tribal government petitioned the U.S. government for other land transfers, in particular to rebuild homes away from the coastline's tsunami hazard zone.^[2]

The Quileute have their own government, consisting of a tribal council with staggered terms. The current tribal council consists of: Carol Hatch (chair), Tony Foster (vice-chair), DeAnna Hobson (secretary), and Anna Rose Counsell (treasurer).

References

^ Removed by Public Land Order 4095, September 19, 1966, according to Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Assessment, Chapter 1, page 1-8.
^ Camden, Jim (October 9, 2011). "Quileute Tribe fights for ancestral land, safety". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

External links

Quileute Nation

47°54′23″N 124°37′30″W / 47.90639°N 124.62500°W / 47.90639; -124.62500

Indian reservations in Washington

v t e Quileute
Peoples, Government, and Culture	Quileute Quileute Indian Reservation Quileute language Quileute Tribal School Quinault Treaty
Local Towns	Forks, Washington La Push, Washington
Local Geography and Places	James Island (La Push, Washington) La Push Beach Quileute Canyon Quillayute Airport Quillayute River
Things named after the Quileute	USS Quileute (YTB–540) Quillehuyte County (defunct)

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clallam County, Washington, United States
County seat: Port Angeles
Cities	Forks Port Angeles Sequim	Map of Washington highlighting Clallam County
CDPs	Bell Hill Blyn Carlsborg Clallam Bay Jamestown Neah Bay Port Angeles East River Road Sekiu
Other communities	Agnew Beaver Crane Diamond Point Dungeness Elwha Fairholm Joyce La Push Maple Grove Piedmont Port Williams Pysht Rena Sappho
Indian reservations	Jamestown S'Klallam Reservation Lower Elwha Reservation Makah Reservation Quileute Indian Reservation
Ghost towns	Gettysburg Mora
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