THESE FOLKS WERE DESCENDANTS OF THE WILLAPA CHINOOK, LOWER CHABLIS AND WILLAPA HILLS. THE SHOALWATER BAY TRIBE LIVES ON THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF WASHINGTON IN NORTHWEST PACIFIC COUNTY. IN 2000 THERE WERE 70 INHABITANTS. THE RESERVATION WAS CREATED BY PRESIDENTIAL ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1866. 355 ACRES WERE SET ASIDE. THEY FISHED, HUNTED, AND HARVESTED POTATOES BY FARMING. BEFORE EUROPEANS ARRIVED IT WAS A MIX OF BOUNTIFUL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND MANY NATIVE VILLAGES. THEIR VILLAGE WAS MAAKPS CHOAHS - THEIR RESERVATION. TODAY THE PEOPLE DO NO LONGER ROAM FREELY - THEY HAVE REDUCED TO THEIR RESERVATION AND NEARBY TRIBES. THEY STILL HAVE DEEP CONNECTION TO THEIR LAND AND SOME AND SOME STILL LIVE ON TH ANCESTRAL LANDS. MANY LIVE WORLDWIDE. THEY HAVE CREATED A CASINO AND CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS. TODAY THEY COMMERCIALLY GROW CRANBERRIES IN THE BOGS OF WASHINGTON COAST.
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