Columbia Encyclopedia entry: Klallam
Klallamklăl'əm, Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They formerly occupied the southern tip of Vancouver Island, B.C., and the south shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Puget Sound. There are presently three bands of Klallam in the United States: the Jamestown, Lower Elwha, and Port Gamble, all in Washington state. They have a total population of about 1,500 and are engaged primarily in commercial fishing.
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Klallam refers to four related indigenous Native American/First Nations communities from the Pacific Northwest of North America. The Klallam culture is classified ethnographically and linguistically in the Coast Salish subgroup. Three Klallam bands live on the Olympic Peninsula in the far northwest corner of Washington state, and one is based at Becher Bay on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
The indigenous name for the tribe is nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm
,, The word "Klallam" comes from the North Straits Salish language name for the Klallam people,, This has had a wide variety of English spellings including "Chalam", "Clalam", "Clallem", "Clal-lum",...more »
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