Quileute Tribe
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Various Spellings: Quileute, Quillehute, Quilleyyute
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Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
Quileute Nation
90 Main Street / PO Box 279
La Push, WA 98350
Phone: 360-374-6163
FAX: 360-374-6311
Email: qtc@quileutenation.org
Website
History[edit | edit source]
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
1775: Tribe encountered a Spanish Vessel anchored offshore
1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition
1820's: Non-Indian trappers and traders entered the area
1840: Sever famine
1855 July 1,
1856: Quinault River Treaty - 10,000 acres reservation near Taholah
1883: School established for the Quileute at La Push
1889: Reservation established at La Push
1893: Reservation established on the Hoh River
1895: Indian Shaker religion spread throughout the area
Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Quileute tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.
Agency[edit | edit source]
Reservations[edit | edit source]
Reservation is a tract of land set aside for the occupation and use by Native Americans.
Superintendencies[edit | edit source]
Records[edit | edit source]
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:
- Allotment records
- Annuity rolls
- Census records
- Correspondence
- Health records
- Reports
- School census and records
- Vital records
Correspondence and Census[edit | edit source]
| Tribe | Agency | Location of Original Records |
Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Numbers |
FHL Film Number |
Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Numbers |
FHL Film Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quileute | Taholah Agency,1878-1950 | Seattle | - | - | 565-69 | - |
| Quileute | Neah Bay Agency, 1885-28 | Seattle | - | - | 282-85 | Films 579693-579696 |
Treaty[edit | edit source]
1855 July 1,
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
- Neah Bay Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1932, FHL Film: 579696
Important Websites[edit | edit source]
- Official Quileute Nation web site
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Quileute Tribe of the Quileute Reservation Washington, Approved November 11, 1936
- Quileute Tribe Wikipedia
References[edit | edit source]
