Quinault people

The Quinault (/kwɪˈnɒlt/ or /kwɪˈnɔːlt/, kʷínayɬ) are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States.

The river, village, and people were given the anglicized name Quinault in 1787 by the maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley.

About 60% of the reservation's population lives in the community of Taholah, on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Quinault River.

Baskets were made from locally available materials such as reeds and grasses, spruce, maple and red cedar,[3]: 80  and in many styles suited to the task at hand.

Archaeology has revealed some of the ways basketmaking evolved over time, and the Ozette Indian Village Archeological Site, about 40 miles (64 km) up the Pacific coast from the present-day Quinault reservation, has been an invaluable site that preserved objects subject to decay, such as baskets and blankets, in a mudslide.