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The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (Nəxʷsƛ̕ áy̕əm "strong people"〔) is a federally recognized Native American nation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs )〕 The tribe is part of the larger Klallam culture, part of the Coast Salish peoples. The traditional territory of the Klallam is the north and northeast portion of the Olympic Peninsula, in the U.S. state of Washington. They traditionally had several villages in this area. Since the 1930s part of the tribe has controlled a reservation located 4 miles west of Port Angeles at the mouth of the Elwha River. In August 2003 the site of an ancient Klallam village, ''Tse-whit-zen,'' was discovered during a construction project on former tribal land in the city. The significance of the nearly intact village site, hundreds of human remains, and thousands of artifacts led to the state abandoning the construction project at that site. Based on radiocarbon dating, the village site appears to have been occupied for nearly 2700 years. The Lower Elwha Klallam lived there until the 1930s, when the federal government persuaded them to move outside the city to a reservation four miles west. The state has since returned 10 acres of land to the Tribe and leased it another 6 acres. In 2012 and 2014, two dams built in the early 20th century were removed from the Elwha River as part of a major restoration project long advocated by the Tribe. This will enable the building up of the beaches and delta at the mouth of the river, as well as restore salmon runs and improve the ecology of the river and watershed. As lands were revealed, in August 2012 the tribe rediscovered their long-submerged sacred creation site near the river. In addition, an archeological site has been found along the river with artifacts revealing 8,000 years of human habitation; it is the oldest site in the Olympic National Park.〔(Leah Leach, "Legendary 'creation site' discovered by Lower Elwha Klallam tribe" ), ''Peninsula News,'' 12 August 2012〕 ==Demographics== As of 2007 there are 776 enrolled members of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Elwha Watershed Information Resrouce )〕 Of these, 112 live on the Lower Elwha Reservation.〔 This is managed by the tribe and located at the mouth of the Elwha River, , about west of Port Angeles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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