Cowlitz Indian Tribe

Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Traditional Cowlitz territory
Total population
3500 + enrolled members[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Washington)
Languages
English, Cowlitz[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
other Cowlitz people[3]

The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe of Cowlitz people. They are a tribe of Southwestern Coast Salish and Sahaptan indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest located in Washington.[4]

Other Cowlitz people are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakima Nation, and Quinault Indian Nation.[5]

  1. ^ "Cowlitz Tribe." Center for World Indigenous Studies. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  2. ^ "Cowlitz." Ethnologue. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Pritzker 261
  4. ^ Pritzker 203
  5. ^ Pritzker 204-5