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The Quinault are a group of Native American peoples from western Washington state in the United States . The '''Quinault Indian Reservation''' is located on the Pacific coast of Washington, primarily in northwestern Grays Harbor County , with small parts extending north into southwestern Jefferson County . It has a land area of 819.294 km&2 (316.331 sq mi), and reported a resident population of 1,370 persons as of the 2000 Census . The Quinault people settled onto reservation lands after signing a treaty with the former Washington Territory in 1856 . About 60 percent of the reservation's population lives in the community of Taholah , on the Pacific coast at the mouth of the Quinault River . There is an original Quinault language, which is a part of the (''Quileute'', ''Hoh''), Chinookan (''Chinook groups''), and Salishan (''Chehalis'', ''Cowlitz'', ''Queets'', and ''Quinault''). Like many Northwest Coast natives, the Quinault relied on fishing from local rivers and the Pacific Ocean for food and built plank houses (longhouses) to protect themselves from the harsh, wet winters west of the Cascade Mountains. Today, the Quinault Indian Nation operates a packing business at Taholah. COMMUNITIES REFERENCES
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