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Klallam
Klallam
(also
Clallam
, although the spelling with "K" is preferred in all four modern Klallam communities) refers to four related
indigenous
Native American
/
First Nations
communities from the
Pacific Northwest
of
North America
. The Klallam culture is classified ethnographically and linguistically in the
Coast Salish
subgroup. Three Klallam bands live on the
Olympic Peninsula
in the far northwest corner (bordering the
Strait of Juan de Fuca
) of
Washington
state, and one is based at Becher Bay on southern
Vancouver Island
in
British Columbia
.
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