The Quinault people settled onto reservation lands after signing the Quinault Treaty with the former Washington Territory in 1856. It has a land area of 819.294 km² (316.331 sq mi) and reported a resident population of 1,370 persons as of the 2000 census. The Quinault Indian Reservation, at 47☂5′05″N 124☀8′19″W / 47.41806°N 124.13861°W / 47.41806 -124.13861, is located on the Pacific coast of Washington, primarily in northwestern Grays Harbor County, with small parts extending north into southwestern Jefferson County. It is also possible that both names come from a French trapper from the Quinault family who visited the area. The river, village, and people were given the anglicized name Quinault in 1787 by the maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley. The name 'Quinault' is an anglicized version of kʷínayɬ /ˈkʷinajɬ/, the traditional name of a village at the mouth of the Quinault River, today called Taholah.
They are a Southwestern Coast Salish people and are enrolled in the federally recognized Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation. The Quinault ( / k w ɪ ˈ n ɒ l t/ or / k w ɪ ˈ n ɔː l t/) are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States.
