Northwest Coast Tribes
Ethnographers commonly classify indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada into ten geographical regions with shared cultural traits (called cultural areas). The following list groups peoples by the Northwest Coast region. See the List of Native American Tribal Entities below.
Northwest Coast Tribes
- Ahantchuyuk - see Kalapuya
- Alsea
- Applegate
- Atfalati - see Kalapuya
- Bella Bella - see Heiltsuk
- Bella Coola - see Nuxalk
- Burrard - see Tsleil-waututh
- Calapooia - see Kalapuya
- Calapuya - see Kalapuya
- Central Kalapuya - see Kalapuya
- Chasta Costa - see Rogue River
- Chehalis (Upper and Lower) Washington
- Chehalis (BC), Fraser Valley
- Chemakum Washington (extinct)
- Chetco - see Tolowa
- Chinook Dialects: (Lower Chinook, Upper Chinook, Clackamas, Wasco)
- Clallam - see Klallam
- Clatsop
- Comox Vancouver Island/BC Georgia Strait
- Coos {Hanis} Oregon
- Lower Coquille (Miluk) Oregon
- Upper Coquille
- Cowichan Southern Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait
- Lower Cowlitz Washington
- Duwamish Washington
- Eyak Alaska
- Galice
- Gitxsan, British Columbia
- Haida (Dialects: Kaigani, Skidegate, Masset) BC & Alaska
- Haisla BC North/Central Coast
- Heiltsuk BC Central Coast
- Hoh Washington
- Kalapuya (Calapooia, Calapuya)
- Klallam (Clallam, Dialects: Klallam (Lower Elwha), S'Klallam (Jamestown), S'Klallam (Port Gamble))
- Klickitat
- Kwalhioqua
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Koskimo
- 'Namgis
- Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Yuculta)
- Kwalhioqua
- Kwatami
- Lakmiut - see Kalapuya
- Lower McKenzie - see Kalapuya
- Lummi Washington
- Makah Washington
- Mary's River - see Kalapuya
- Muckleshoot Washington
- Musqueam BC Lower Mainland (Vancouver)
- Nisga'a, British Columbia
- Nisqually - Washington
- Nooksack Washington
- North Kalapuya - see Kalapuya
- Nisqually Washington
- Nuu-chah-nulth West Coast of Vancouver Island
- Nuxalk (Bella Coola) - BC Central Coast
- Oowekeno - see Wuikinuxv
- Pentlatch Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait (extinct)
- Puyallup Washington
- Quileute Washington
- Quinault Washington
- Rivers Inlet - see Wuikinuxv
- Rogue River or Upper Illinois Oregon, California
- Saanich Southern Vancouver Island/Georgia Strait
- Samish Washington
- Santiam - see Kalapuya
- Sauk-Suiattle Washington
- Sechelt BC Sunshine Coast/Georgia Strait (Shishalh)
- Shoalwater Bay Tribe Washington
- Siletz Oregon
- Siuslaw Oregon
- Skagit
- Skokomish Washington
- Skwxwu7mesh (Squamish), British Columbia
- Sliammon BC Sunshine Coast/Georgia Strait (Mainland Comox)
- Snohomish
- Snoqualmie
- Snuneymuxw (Nanaimo), Vancouver Island
- Songhees (Songish) Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Sooke Southern Vancouver Island/Strait of Juan de Fuca
- South Kalapuya - see Kalapuya
- Squaxin Island Tribe Washington
- Spokane Washington
- Stillaguamish Washington
- Sto:lo, BC Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley
- Squamish - see Skwxwu7mesh
- Suquamish Washington
- Swinomish Washington
- Tait
- Takelma Oregon
- Talio
- Tfalati - see Kalapuya
- Tillamook (Nehalem) Oregon
- Tlatlasikoala
- Tlingit Alaska
- Tolowa-Tututni
- Tsimshian
- Tsleil-waututh (Burrard) - British Columbia
- Tualatin - see Kalapuya
- Tulalip Washington
- Twana Washington
- Tzouk-e (Sooke) Vancouver Island
- Lower Umpqua Oregon
- Upper Umpqua Oregon
- Upper Skagit Washington
- Wuikinuxv (Owekeeno), BC Central Coast
- Yamel - see Kalapuya
- Yamhill - see Kalapuya
- Yaquina
- Yoncalla - see Kalapuya
- Yonkalla - see Kalapuya