 Traditional Cowlitz territory | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| >4,700+[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Washington) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Cowlitz, Sahaptin, Chinook Jargon[2] | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Lower Cowlitz: Other Salish peoples Especially Chehalis and Quinault Mountain Cowlitz: Kwaiailk and Willapa Taidnapam: Nez Perce and other Sahaptin peoples Especially Klickitat and Yakama |
The term Cowlitz people covers two culturally and linguistically distinct indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest; the Lower Cowlitz or Cowlitz proper, and the Upper Cowlitz / Cowlitz Klickitat or Taitnapam. Lower Cowlitz refers to a southwestern Coast Salish people, which today are enrolled in the federally recognized tribes: Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation,[3] and Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. The Upper Cowlitz or Taitnapam, is a Northwest Sahaptin speaking people, part of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
Their traditional homelands are in western Washington state in the United States.
- ^ "Cowlitz Tribe." Center for World Indigenous Studies. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Chinook Jargonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "People of the Quinault." Quinault Indian Nation. Retrieved September 24, 2013.