La Push (Washington)
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 James Island in the Quillayute River estuary |
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Washington | ||
| County : | Clallam County | ||
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 55 ′ N , 124 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 371 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Height : | 7 m | ||
| Postal code : | 98350 | ||
| Area code : | +1 360 | ||
| FIPS : | 53-38390 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1531473 | ||
La Push is a small unincorporated village with about 350 inhabitants in Clallam County in the US state of Washington . It is located in the northwest of the 258 acre Quileute Indian Reservation and is inhabited by members of the Quileute tribe.
geography
The place is 19 kilometers west of Forks on the Pacific coast at the confluence of the Quillayute River , the confluence of the Sol Duc River and the Bogachiel River . The place can be reached via State Road 110, La Push Road , which branches off from US Highway 101 .
The land side of the village is surrounded by the rainforest of the Olympic National Park, to the north it is bordered by the Quillayute River, which can only be crossed here by boat. To the north of the river and part of the national park Rialto Beach leads the Mora Road, a junction of the La Push Road.
La Push Beach is called First Beach . The Second Beach , which extends south to Teahwhit Head , and the Third Beach , which extends to Taylor Point , are again in the Olympic National Park and belong to the Olympic Wilderness Coast. Akalat or James Island , a rocky island up to 49 meters high, lies in front of First Beach .
history
La Push has been home to the Quileute for over a thousand years. The name La Push comes from the French la bouche and means "mouth". The place was given this name by French-Canadian fur traders and describes the location of the settlement at the river mouth. The Quileutes' original name for their village was Ziliyut .
The Quileute Indian reservation was founded on February 22, 1889. The Quileute gave up their claims to over 3,000 square kilometers of land, but retained their hunting and fishing rights. In the same year, however, a fire started by a white settler destroyed all 26 houses in the village while the residents were at the harvest. With the traditional houses almost all hunting weapons, masks and other cultural objects of the Quileutes were destroyed. In 1931 the US Army Corps of Engineers built a boat harbor at the mouth of the Quillayute River. As a result of the construction, James Island, previously connected to the mainland by a headland, became an island. The Quileute tribe adopted a constitution in 1936, which was ratified by the US Department of the Interior in 1937. Thereafter, the tribe forms a political unit with the United States, but governs itself. The tribal council consists of five members elected for three years. On April 17, 1963, the Quileute and neighboring Hoh tribe received US $ 112,152.60 as further compensation for their land ceded in 1889. The tribal administration and a small museum are located on the site of the old settlement. The Quileute Days , a mixture of traditional tribal festival and modern city festival, are celebrated annually in July .
Economy and Infrastructure
Fishing, logging and tourism are the livelihoods of the Quileute tribe today. The commercial enterprises are run by the tribe, there are no private companies. Seafood is processed in the village and there is also a fish farm. Outside the reservation, the tribe cultivates another 240 hectares of land. The place has its own school, the Quileute Tribal School . The US Coast Guard has a station in La Push.
tourism
The Oceanside Resort , which is operated by the tribe, is located on First Beach . The first cabins at Oceanside Resort were built back in the 1930s. Today it is a modern luxury hotel equipped as a destination for those seeking relaxation without a television. In spring the place is a destination for whale watchers, in summer for anglers and hikers and in autumn and winter a destination for storm watching. First Beach is a popular surfing area in summer and early fall. The place has a marina .
As a setting for the Twilight saga, La Push is visited by many day trippers. The tribe has issued rules of conduct for visitors and tourists so that they do not violate the customs and traditions of Native Americans .
La push in literature
In the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer La Push is the home of Jacob Black and the werewolves. The author Stephenie Meyer used the creation story of the Quileute as a template, according to which Kwati, the converter, transformed two wolves into humans in order to colonize the area. In the second volume of the series, in Biss zur lunchtime , La Push is a main location.
The youth book Indigosommer by Antje Babendererde is mostly set in La Push.
Web links
- Quileute website
- La Push (Washington) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quileutenation.org. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 23, 2011 ; Retrieved April 13, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rubert H. Ruby, John A. Brown: A guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest . Univ. of Oklahoma Pr., Norman 1992, ISBN 978-0-8061-2479-7 , p. 171
- ^ Geologic Observations and Interpretations along the Coast. Retrieved April 26, 2011 .
- ↑ Quileute Tribe La Push. Retrieved April 13, 2011 .
- ↑ La Push, Washington. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015 ; Retrieved April 13, 2011 .
- ↑ USCG: Motor Lifeboat Station Quillayute River, La Push. Retrieved April 22, 2011 .
- ^ La Push Travel Guide and Directory. Retrieved April 13, 2011 .
- ↑ a b "As if Quileute were rock stars": ZEIT Online. Retrieved April 13, 2011 .
- ^ Indian Country Etiquette. Retrieved April 22, 2011 .
