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	History - Quileute Natural Resources - La Push, Washington
		Quileutes were thus were surrounded by unrelated tribes, the Makah -- Nuh-Chul-Nuth who migrated down from the west coast of Vancouver Island; S'Klallam to the northeast along the Strait of Juan de Fuca; and Quinault, south at Taholah, both descended from the Salishan.
		Quileute elders have supervised the compilation of a dictionary and instructional texts that are taught in the school.
		In the treaties the Quileutes reserved their hunting, fishing and gathering rights in their "usual and accustomed places" and were promised health, education and job training in exchange for over 800,000 acres of ancient virgin timber teeming with fish and wildlife in both the Quillayute River basin and in offshore waters.
	www.quileutetribe.org /7.html (1819 words)

	Culture
		Quileute society generated from "house groups" made up of all those who occupied during the winter months one of the big houses at the mouths of the Quillayute or Hoh rivers, or Goodman Creek.
		In the treaties the Quileutes reserved their hunting, fishing and gathering rights in their "usual and accustomed places" and were promise health, education and job training in exchange for over 800,00 acres of ancient virgin timber teeming with fish and wildlife in the Quillayute River basin.
		The Constitution and By-Laws of the Quileute Tribe (1936) and their Corporate Charter issued by the Secretary of the Interior in 1937, recognized and established the sovereignty of the Quileute people as a self governing political unit within the United States.
	www.ocean-park.org /cu_history.html (1344 words)

	QNR Programs - Quileute Natural Resources - La Push, Washington
		The Quileute Tribe is a signatory of the Treaty of Olympia (January, 1856) with the Hoh Tribe and the Quinault Indian Nation.
		Quileute Natural Resources, a department of the Quileute Tribe, is responsible for providing technical and policy information to the Quileute Tribal Council and Quileute Natural Resources Committee regarding the treaty-reserved natural resources within the off-reservation lands and waters ceded to the United States.
		Quileute Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Officers enforce tribal ordinances and regulations for treaty fishing, hunting, and gathering by way of systematic patrols of the river and U and A. The ultimate goal of QNR is to serve all of the treaty protected natural resource needs of this tribe.
	www.quileutetribe.org /20.html (1438 words)

	HistoryLink Essay:Clallam County -- Thumbnail History
		Quileute lands extended along the coast from Cape Alava south to the Hoh River (in present-day Jefferson County), and up the Quillayute and Hoh drainages.
		The Quileutes' only linguistic relatives were the Chimakum, who lived near Port Townsend until the 1860s, when the few to survive European diseases and tribal war were absorbed into the Klallams.
		Klallam, Quileute, and Makah leaders were willing to open most of their land to American settlement, but made it clear that they wanted to continue living in their traditional homelands.
	www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=7576 (3562 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: Parking lot is bargaining chip as Quileute tribe battles for land
		To make the point, Quileute children held a memorial service in January for young people killed a year earlier by the Indonesian tsunami, and the tribe issued a news release describing the "daily menace" the threat of tsunami held for their hamlet, La Push.
		In a throwback to the presettlement era on the Olympic Peninsula, the federal government and the sovereign Quileute Tribe are negotiating a land swap.
		The Quileutes may have been emboldened to make their case, Calhoun said, when the nearby Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe won a long legal battle to force the federal government to tear down two dams on the Elwha River in the northern part of Olympic National Park to restore wild salmon runs.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2003162596_washland30.html (961 words)

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		Upon a petition of at least one-third (1/3) of the eligible voters of the Quileute Tribe it shall be the duty of the Tribal Council to call a special election to consider the recall of the member or members of the Council named in such petition.
		No allotted member of the Quileute Tribe who may hereafter have the restrictions upon his land removed and whose land may thereafter be alienated, except to the Tribe, shall be entitled to receive an assignment of land as a landless member.
		Upon a petition of at least one-third (1/3) of the qualified voters of the Quileute Tribe, a referendum may be demanded on any enacted or proposed ordinance or resolution of the Tribal Council, and the vote of the majority of the qualified voters in such referendum shall be conclusive and binding on the Tribal Council.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/quilcons.html (4018 words)

	Governors Office of Indian Affairs
		The Quileute people remained isolated from the whites until the American Captain Robert Gray came to trade with them in May 1792.
		The act on March 4, 1904 made the commissioner of Indian affairs declare the Quileutes eligible to have allotments on the Reservation as stipulated in their 1856 treaty.
		On April 17, 1963 the Quileutes and Hohs were awarded $112,152.60 for their share.
	www.goia.wa.gov /Tribal-Information/Tribes/quileute.htm (319 words)

	ICT [2005/03/29] Quileute turns to eco-tourism to boost economy
		Quileute is expanding its Quileute Oceanside Resort, improving its marina, redeveloping its oceanfront Quileute RV Park, promoting its close proximity to Olympic National Park and working with local chambers of commerce and the Audubon Society to spread the word about what Quileute has to offer.
		Quileute works with Olympic National Park and state environmental groups to keep clean the headwaters of the rivers that flow through Quileute to the Pacific.
		Quileute is actively engaged in elk management and essential in understanding the life cycles of the Roosevelt elk on the peninsula, as well as other wildlife such as cougar, fl bear, beaver and birds.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096410640 (753 words)

	Quileute Indian Tribe
		Encompassed by the Olympic National Park rainforests, the Quileute tribe's 640-acre reservation lies at the mouth of the Quillayute River in La Push, Washington.
		On April 17, 1963, the Quileutes and the neighboring Hohs were compensated in the amount of $112,152.60 for their share.
		Quileute tribe lost much of its previous way of life. The Quileutes, like other tribes of the United States, saw many of its members drowning in the undertow of government dependence. These natives of the Olympic Peninsula of Washington...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1565.html (878 words)

	Lapush Washington
		According to the stories, the Quileutes only kin, the Chimacum, were separated from them by a great flood that swept them to the Quimper Peninsula on the other side of the North Olympic Peninsula, where they were wiped out by Chief Seattle and the Suquamish Tribe in the 1860s.
		Quileute Headquarters and a mini museum are on the old village site.
		The Quileute Tribe has recreated its traditional skills and crafts, which are taught at school along with the unique language, which is unrelated to any root language in the world, and one of only five in the world without nasal sounds.
	www.forks-web.com /fg/quileute.htm (427 words)

	Quileute Tribal School
		The Quileute Tribal School, (QTS), is located in La Push, Washington.
		The resident population of the village is approximately 350, with an enrollment of 700 Quileutes.
		28% of school staff are non-Indian, 49% are Quileute and the remaining 23% are non-Quileute employees.
	www.quileute.bia.edu (276 words)

	Tribes
		The Quileute Tribe is located on the Pacific Coast of the Olympic Peninsula at the mouth of the Quillayute River.
		The Quileute were signatories to the Treaty with the Quinault, along with the Hoh Tribe.
		The Quileute reservation was established in 1889 by presidential proclamation, after it was clear that the Quileute did not want to leave their homeland to live on the Quinault Reservation.
	www.nps.gov /olym/edprehis.htm (2046 words)

	Plywood replica of a Quileute canoe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Tabil - A plywood replica of a Quileute canoe.
		Fred Woodruff and the Quileute Tribal School at La Push Washington asked me to build this canoe in 2000.
		This design is a direct adaptation of a 25 ft Quileute canoe carved in 1928 by Conrad Williams at La Push.
	www.applegateboatworks.com /tabil.html (269 words)

	Tribe ups ante in bid for higher ground \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		In a throwback to the pre-settlement era on the Olympic Peninsula, the federal government and the sovereign Quileute Tribe are negotiating a land swap.
		The Quileutes say a 1953 presidential proclamation gave that wedge of land to the park, creating an enduring boundary dispute that flared last year when two Indians received criminal citations for collecting firewood there.
		The Quileutes have offered to hand ownership of the 8 acres to the park, which has a parking lot and a restroom on the land at the edge of the popular Rialto Beach.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060730/news_1n30indian.html (527 words)

	Global Citizens Network
		The population of La Push is primarily composed of the Quileute Native American tribe.
		For millennia the Quileute have used long boats to fish, whale and seal in the sacred ocean waters.
		The Quileute have done well by western standards, but struggle with the decline of the fishing industry and face the loss of their language, as only three people are now fluent.
	www.globalcitizens.org /sites/washington_lapush.htm (625 words)

	Tour Operators for the Olympic Peninsula
		The Quileute Tribe believes their oceanfront village and their tribally owned Quileute Oceanside Resort renew people's energies and strength, while calming the senses.
		Quileute Visitor Information and Meeting Center - The recently renovated Quileute Visitor Information and Meeting Center is located three miles east of Forks on Highway 101.
		Quileute Oceanside Resort RV Park - This oceanside RV park, boasting full hookups, showers, laundry, site dump stations and a convenience store, is conveniently located a short walk from Quileute Oceanside Resort cabins.
	www.northwestsecretplaces.com /weddings/locations.html (582 words)

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		The Quileute Indian Tribal Council established in accordance with the said Constitution and By-laws of the Tribe, shall exercise all the corporate powers hereinafter enumerated.
		The termination shall be effective upon ratification by a majority vote of the adult members of the Tribe residing on tile reservation, at an election in which at least 30 per cent of the eligible voters vote.
		Submitted by the Acting Secretary of the Interior for ratification by the Quileute Indian Tribe of the Quileute Reservation in a popular referendum to be held on August 21, 1937.
	thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/quilchrtr.html (848 words)

	Mortenson
		The 18,000 SF Quileute Tribal School Gymnasium is one of the most significant Native American projects ever built for the Quileute Tribe.
		The building’s architecture reflects unique aspects of Quileute heritage, values, and identity with the goal of promoting tribal healing and pride.
		The new gymnasium building’s southwest elevation is scaled to respect the adjacent neighborhood residences.
	www.mortenson.com /projects/project_profile.html?projects__id=4 (246 words)

	Constitution and by-laws of the Quileute tribe of the Quileute reservation Washington : a machine readable ...
		Any member of the Quileute Indian Tribe twenty-one (21) years of age or over who has maintained legal residence within the Quileute Reservation or within the tertiary of Clallam County for one year immediately preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote or be elected to office therein.
		Upon a petition of at least one-third (⅓) of the eligible voters of the Quileute Tribe it shall be the duty of the Tribal Council to call a special election to consider the recall of the member or members of the Council named in such petition.
		Upon a petition of at least one-third (⅓) of the qualified voters of the Quileute Tribe, a referendum may be demanded on any enacted or proposed ordinance or resolution of the Tribal Council, and the vote of the majority of the qualified voters in such referendum shall be conclusive and binding on the Tribal Council.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ll/llnc/281/llnc281.sgm (4209 words)

	Enterprises at the Quileute Oceanside Resort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Quileute RV Park boasts full ocean-side hookups with 30- to 50-amp service, a club house for parties and meetings, fire pits and picnic tables, handicap accessible bathrooms and showers, a laundry and individual site dump stations.
		But best of all, Quileute RV Park offers unparalleled views of some of the most spectacular scenery on the Pacific coast.Conveniently located a short walk from Quileute Oceanside Resort cabins, Quileute RV Park is located on right on mystical First Beach.
		The Quileute Tribe is a great seafaring people, so early in the morning, and again at dusk, you’ll see their fishing boats pass through the harbor, and you can stop by Quileute Marina and bargain for salmon, halibut, crab, traditional smoked fish and other delicacies when in season.
	quileuteoceanside.com /ResortWelcome/Enterprises/tabid/440/Default.aspx (402 words)

	HUD's Daily Message (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It was only fitting that the future beneficiaries of the Quileute Tribe's new Child Development Center would be the ones to break ground for construction of the building that will be named the Quileute word for "the little children's building."
		About the ancient Quileute people: The Quileute tribe's ancestry purportedly reaches back to the Ice Age, which would make them the most ancient inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest.
		Extended families of Quileute built plank houses (longhouses) to protect themselves from the harsh wet winters west of the Cascade Mountains.
	www.hud.gov /news/focus.cfm?content=2006-05-22.cfm (414 words)

	David Forlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		David Forlines of La Push, on the Quileute Indian Reservation, was instrumental in the revival of many of the traditions of the Quileute Tribe.
		Although not a tribal member, he grew up on the west Olympic Peninsula, and served as a teacher, counselor, and spiritual leader on both the Puyallup and Quileute Reservations.
		He organized a team that in 1989 carved a canoe and paddled it over 200 miles of open water, from La Push to Seattle, for the State Centennial’s “Paddle to Seattle” celebration.
	www.arts.wa.gov /progFA/heritageAwd/1989_forelines.htm (138 words)

	Chimakuan languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is spoken by a few people south of the Makah on the western coast of the Olympic peninsula south of Cape Flattery at La Push and the lower Hoh River.
		These series may have become separate phonemes before Chimakum and Quileute split, but if so, it seems clear that they had been allophones not long before then.
		In Quileute the stress became fixed to the penultimate syllable, though subsequent changes made it somewhat unpredictable, and the glottalized sonorants became allophonic with glottal stop-sonorant sequences and so can no longer be considered phonemic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chimakuan_languages (383 words)

	Quileute Language (Quillayute, Quilliute, Hoh, Chimakuan)
		Quileute is a language isolate (a language unrelated to any other known living language).
		The Quileute language is spoken only by a handful of elders today, but some young people are working to keep their ancestral language alive.
		Illustrated Quileute words for kids, from the tribal school.
	www.native-languages.org /quileute.htm (158 words)

	Washington Indian Tribe History (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Since they have been known to the whites the Quileute have always been few in number, but being of an independent and warlike disposition and occupying an easily defended situation, they have successfully resisted all the attempts of neighboring tribes to dislodge them.
		Their most active enemies have been the Makah, of Neah bay, and until they came under the control of the United States petty warfare between the two tribes was constant.
		The Quileute are noted for their skill in pelagic sealing and are the most successful in that pursuit of all the tribes of the coast.
	www.accessgenealogy.com.cob-web.org:8888 /native/tribes/salish/washindians.htm (906 words)

	peninsuladailynews.com - Quileute Days to be held in LaPush this weekend
		The grand marshal of this year's parade is Quileute Elder Marian Schumack, 77, of Forks.
		Schumack, who is one of the five oldest members of the tribe, was chosen because of her dedication to teaching others the craft of basketweaving, Quileute Days Chairman Bert Black said.
		The arts fair is new to Quileute Days this year, and will feature work by local artists and live demonstrations by Native American artists, Quileute Housing Authority Director Audrey Grafstrom said in a news release.
	www.peninsuladailynews.com /sited/story/html/261213 (508 words)

	Top 25 of 2001 -- Seattle DJC.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Quileute Tribal Community’s $3.7 million school gymnasium and community center is being built on a wooded site in the village of La Push.
		The design-build team of M.A. Mortenson Co. and Bassetti Architects assisted the Quileute Tribal School in determining the best and most cost-effective approach to upgrading, improving or replacing its existing gymnasium facility.
		Mortenson was tasked with providing pricing for many options, including: complete renovation of the existing gym; demolition of the existing gym and construction of a new one in its place; and building an additional gym on another site while maintaining the existing one.
	www.djc.com /special/01Top20/a15.html (202 words)

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