Title: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast - Wikipedia
Headings: Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Contents
List of nations
Tlingit
Haida
Tsimshian
Gitxsan
Haisla
Heiltsuk
Nuxalk
Wuikinuxv
Kwakwakaʼwakw
Nuu-chah-nulth
Makah
Coast Salish
Chimakum
Quileute
Willapa
Chinook
Tillamook
Daʼnaxdaʼxw Nation
History
European colonization
Current times
Material culture
Society and culture
Potlatch
Music
Art
Genetics
See also
Notes
External links

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Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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The Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast are composed of many nations and tribal affiliations, each with distinctive cultural and political identities. They share certain beliefs, traditions and practices, such as the centrality of salmon as a resource and spiritual symbol, and many cultivation and subsistence practices. The term Northwest Coast or North West Coast is used in anthropology to refer to the groups of Indigenous people residing along the coast of what is now called British Columbia, Washington state, parts of Alaska, Oregon, and Northern California. The term Pacific Northwest is largely used in the American context. At one point the region had the highest population density of a region inhabited by Indigenous peoples in Canada. Chief Anotklosh of the Taku Tribe of the Tlingit people, ca. 1913
Three young Chinook men
Contents
1 List of nations
1.1 Tlingit
1.2 Haida
1.3 Tsimshian
1.4 Gitxsan
1.5 Haisla
1.6 Heiltsuk
1.7 Nuxalk
1.8 Wuikinuxv
1.9 Kwakwakaʼwakw
1.10 Nuu-chah-nulth
1.11 Makah
1.12 Coast Salish
1.13 Chimakum
1.14 Quileute
1.15 Willapa
1.16 Chinook
1.17 Tillamook
1.18 Daʼnaxdaʼxw Nation
2 History
2.1 European colonization
2.2 Current times
3 Material culture
4 Society and culture
4.1 Potlatch
4.2 Music
4.3 Art
5 Genetics
6 See also
7 Notes
8 External links
List of nations
See also: Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau
The Pacific Northwest Coast at one time had the most densely populated areas of indigenous people ever recorded in Canada. The land and waters provided rich natural resources through cedar and salmon, and highly structured cultures developed from relatively dense populations. Within the Pacific Northwest, many different nations developed, each with their own distinct history, culture, and society.