 A Chimakum woman, photographed by Edward S. Curtis | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| unknown | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Washington) | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Chemakum | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Quileute |
The Chimakum, also spelled Chemakum and Chimacum Native American people (known to themselves as Aqokúlo and sometimes called the Port Townsend Indians[1]), were a group of Native Americans who lived in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay until their virtual extinction in 1902. Their primary settlements were on Port Townsend Bay, on the Quimper Peninsula, and Port Ludlow Bay to the south.[2]
Today, Chimakum people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Skokomish, Jamestown S'Klallam, and Port Gamble S'Klallam tribes, although lineage is not traceable at present.
- ^ Swanton, John Reed (2003). The Indian Tribes of North America. Genealogical Publishing. p. 417. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4.
- ^ Curtis, Edward S. (1913). The North American Indian. Volume 9 - The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa. Classic Books. pp. 138–143. ISBN 978-0-7426-9809-3.