LOWER EHWHA KLALLAM TRIBE

THE TRIBE IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AND IS A SOVEREIGN NATION. PART OF THE TRIBE IS COAST SALISH. THEY ARE NORTH OF THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA ON WASHINGTON. ABOUT 112 PEOPLE LIVE IN ON THE LOWER EHWAH RESERVATION. THIS TRIBE WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. IN 1855. IN 68 THE LAND WAS CALLED THE LOWER EHWHA RESERVATION. TODAY IT INCLUDES 1000 ACRES ON THE EHWHA RIVER. IN 2004 ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVERED 10,000 ARTIFACTS AND 300+ BURIALS AND 8 LONGHOUSES THAT HALTED THE BUILDING OF THE DOCK HERE.

THE VILLAGE TSE-WHT-ZEN DATES 2700 YEARS OLD AND WAS A VILLAGE UP TILL 1930'S. THEY COVERED THE PREHISTORIC VILLAGE WITH FEET OF LANDFILL TO PROTECT IT.

FISHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR ACTIVITY - HUMP BACK, SILVER, AND TWO VARIETIES OF SALMON , STEELHEAD, HALIBUT, LING COD, FLOUNDER, HERRING, AND CANDLEFISH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. RESTRICTIONS IN FISHING LIMITED THEIR FISHING. BY 1974, THEY WERE ABLE TO FISH FREELY AGAIN, AND THEY CAUGHT CLAMS, ETC. THEY HUNTED DEER, ELK, AND OTHER ANIMALS, BUT NOT WHALES. TRIBAL VALUES WERE TAUGHT. - RESPECT YOUR ELDERS,, HONOR YOUR PARENTS, NEVER FEAR DEATH, IF A CHILD OFFERS YOU SOMETHING TAKE IT WITH PRAISE, TEACH THE CHILDREN TO BE A GIVING PEOPLE, IF SOMEONE MAKES YOU ANGRY, JUST WALK AWAY, NEVER CHOOSE THE BIGGEST FRUIT, BECAUSE YOU'LL BE HUNGRY, TAKE CARE OF MOTHER EARTH.

THEY WOVE HATS, CLOTHING, BASKETS AND MATS. THEY MADE WATERPROOF BASKETS. THEY USED ROOTS OF CEDAR TREE. THEY ADDED BEESWAX OR PINE PITCH. THEY USED CEDAR, SWEET GRASS, AND PLANT ROOTS, CATTAILS, BEAR GRASS, AND PLANT ROOTS FOR MAKING BASKETS.

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