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Taholah is a unincorporated village on the Quinault Indian Reservation, in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. Named for a Quinault chief in 1905, [ 4 ] its population was 840 at the 2010 census . [ 5 ]
The Quinault Cultural Center and Museum is a museum of culture in Taholah, Washington, owned and funded by the Quinault Indian Nation. [3] It contains artifacts, arts, and crafts of the Quinault, housed in a converted retail building.
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 2 (316.331 sq mi) and reported a resident population of 1,370 persons as of the 2000 census . [ 2 ]
The Quinault Indian Nation is headquartered in Taholah, Washington. They ratified their bylaws on August 24, 1922, and their constitution in 1975. [4] The tribe is governed by an eleven-member Tribal Council, or "Business Committee", which is democratically elected by the adult tribal membership (the General Council) at regular annual meetings.
The area that comprises modern-day Grays Harbor County is the ancestral territory of several indigenous Coast Salish peoples, including the Quinault and Lower Chehalis.They first came into contact with European explorers in the late 18th century and the tribes were later afflicted by regional epidemics.
Joe DeLaCruz (Joseph B. DeLaCruz, July 16, 1937 – April 16, 2000 [1] [2]) was a Native American leader in Washington, U.S., president for 22 years of the Quinault Tribe. [3] He was reputed for his "thorough, in-depth knowledge of probably every Indian tribe in North America."
State Route 109 (SR 109) is a Washington state highway in Grays Harbor County.Beginning at its terminus at U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in Hoquiam, the highway travels west to intersect SR 115 near Ocean Shores and then turns north to continue along the Pacific coastline, terminating at the Quinault River Bridge in Taholah, located in the Quinault Indian Reservation.
Qui-nai-elt Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 320 at the 2020 census, [3] significantly up from 54 at the 2010 census. [4] The community is in the southwestern part of the Quinault Indian Nation in western Grays Harbor County, about 2 miles (3 km) east of the Pacific ...