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NativeAmericansWashingtonsfascinatinghistorybeginswiththeNativeAmericans.ForthousandsofyearsbeforeEuropeanexplorersarrivedthelandthatisnowWashingtonwashometoabout70tribesofIndians.SometribesliketheQuinaultMakahandQuileutelivedonthePacicCoast.OthersliketheYakamaColvilleandSpokanelivedontheplainsandvalleysofeasternWashington.Manyvillageswereclusteredalongtheoceanorriverssotheycouldshforsalmon.HuntingfordeerelkbearandsmallgameforcedtheinteriortribestomovearoundmorethancoastalIndians.CoastalIndiansmetwithinteriortribesfortrade.eytraveledinbigcanoesorwalkedalongfoottrailsthatfollowedstreamsandvalleys.CoastalcanoestraveleduptheColumbiaRivertotheannualtradefairateDalleswheregoodswereexchangedwithinlandtribes.IndianfamiliesfromallovertheNorthwestcametovisitdancegambletellstoriesandexchangegoods.WhentherstwhiteexplorersarrivedtheIndianstradedgoodswiththemandshowedthemwheretoshndplantstoeatandsurvive.ewhitesunfortunatelybroughtsmallpoxandotherdiseaseswiththemthatkilledthousandsofIndianpeoplesometimesupto90ofthepopulationofvillages.enlargenumbersofsettlersarrivedandchangedtheIndianwayoflifeforever.ManycitiescountiestownsriverslakesandmountainsinWash-ingtonstillhavetheiroriginalIndiannames.SeattleourlargestcitywasnamedafterChiefSealthpronouncedSee-elth.TodayWash-ingtonishometo29Indiantribeswiththeirowngovernments.etraditionsofancientdaysarekeptaliveinthestoriessongsdancespowwowscanoeracesandartoftodaysIndiannations.EarlyExplorersWhydopeopleexploreSometoclaimnewterritorysometofurtherknowledgesometoexperienceadventureotherstoincreasewealth.About250hundredyearsagoexplorersrstarrivedalongWash-ingtonsCoastintallshipswithhugesails.AsteadystreamofLifeinaNativeCoastalVillageImaginelifeinacoastalIndianvillagethousandsofyearsago.Childrenarerunningandplayingonthebeachwhilemenindugoutcanoesarespearingsalmonforfood.Onthebeachsomewomenarediggingintothesandforclamswithsticks.Othersareweavingintricatebasketsmatsandclothingfromcedarbark.Ayoungwomancoilstwofreshdiapersfromsoft-shreddedcedarbarkandthenrunstoacryingbaby.Inthedistancesmokerisesfromasmolderingrewhereshisbeingsmokedforwinteruse.1historicWASHINGTON