Shoalwater Bay Tribe

For the large bay on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, see Shoalwater Bay.

Shoalwater Bay in western Washington

Shoalwater Bay Tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States. They are descendants of the Willapa Chinook, Lower Chehalis, and Willapa Hills tribes. The Shoalwater Bay tribe lives on the southwest coast of Washington in northwestern Pacific County, along the shores of Willapa Bay where the 2.693 km² (1.0397 sq mi) Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation (46°43′22″N 124°01′33″W / 46.72278°N 124.02583°W / 46.72278; -124.02583) with 70 inhabitants (2000 census) is located. The reservation is just west of Tokeland, Washington.

The original language of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe, belonging to the Chinookan family of Native American languages, is very possibly extinct.

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Indian reservations in Washington

Chehalis Colville Hoh Jamestown S'Klallam Kalispel Lower Elwha Lummi Makah Muckleshoot Nisqually Nooksack Port Gamble Port Madison Puyallup Quileute Quinault Samish Sauk-Suiattle Shoalwater Bay Skokomish Snoqualmie Spokane Squaxin Island Stillaguamish Swinomish Tulalip Upper Skagit Yakama

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