Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

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Official Tribal Name: Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

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Recognition Status: Federally Recognized

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Formerly known as the Port Gamble Indian Community of the Port Gamble Reservation.

Formerly known as the Port Gamble Band of S’Klallam Indians.

Klallam, Clallam, S’Klallam

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State(s) Today: Washington

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Confederacy: Salish 

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Reservation: Port Gamble Reservation

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The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe is one of the four Klallam tribes. Three are based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and one in British Columbia, Canada. There are also Klallam people on several other reservations in the US. They are also related to the Sook and other Tribes of British Columbia, and to most of the Tribes of the Puget Sound Area.

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