Quilcene boy of the Coast Salish people. Photograph was taken by Edward S Curtis in 1913

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Coast Salish peoples inhabit the Northwest Coast of North America, from the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon, north to Bute Inlet in British Columbia. Coast Salish territories includes much of the ecologically diverse Georgia Basin and Puget Sound known as the Salish Sea (right). This huge drainage basin comprises the coastal mainland and Vancouver Island from Campbell River and Georgia Strait south through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Lower Fraser Valley and the lowlands of Puget Sound. Archaeological evidence of human occupation in this coastal marine area is extensive and ancient, dating back some 8000 years.

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Size: 4350px × 6152px
Location: Coast Salish, British Columbia, Canada
Photo credit: © photo-fox / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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