THIS TRIBE IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AND IS A SOVEREIGN NATION. PART OF THE TRIBE IS COAST SALISH. THEY ARE NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA. ABOUT 112 PEOPLE LIVE ON THE LOWER ELWA RESERVATION. THIS TRIBE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. IN 1855. IN 68 THE LAND WAS CALLED THE ELWA RESERVATION. TODAY IT INCLUDES 1000 ACRES ON THE ELWA RIVER. IN 2004 ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED 10,000 ARTIFACTS AND 300* BURIALS AND EIGHT LONGHOUSES THAT HALTED THE BUILDING OF A DOCK HERE. THE VILLAGE TSE-WHT-ZEN DATES 2700 YEARS OLD AND WAS A VILLAGE UP TILL 1930. THEY COVERED THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL VILLAGE WITH FILL AND BUILT ON TOP OF IT.
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