Educational Resources

Maps

Explore maps of the Pacific Northwest and the North Olympic Peninsula Region.
 

• Washington State Map
• Olympic Peninsula Tribes ^[PDF]
• Washington State Tribes ^[PDF]
• Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Usual and Accustomed Ground and Stations ^[JPEG]
• Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Maps and Directions 

Lesson Plans

The subject of these lesson plans is about how the S'Klallam people lived and worked years ago. They were developed with sources from this website and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Library by Tribal citizen and educator, Janis King.
 
Lesson plans come complete with all information and materials, ready to execute. Bloom's Taxonomy was used as a guide for suggested questions. These lessons were designed for use with students in grades four through eight but can be modified for student needs.
 

• S'Klallam Canoes & Paddles ^[PDF]
• S'Klallam Salmon Fishing ^[PDF]
• S'Klallam Duck Hunting ^[PDF]

Other Online Collections

Other online collections relating to Northwest Tribal communities and the history of the North Olympic Peninsula.
 

• Olympic Peninsula Community Museum
  Northwestern Olympic Peninsula communities and The University of Washington worked together to create a Web-based museum to showcase aspects of the rich history and culture of the region. The project was made possible by a 2003 National Leadership Grant for Library and Museum Collaboration from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
   
  
• American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
  Introductory essays, 2300 original photographs and 1500 pages of textual sources about the Northwest Coast and Plateau Indian cultures constitute an award-winning project developed for the Library of Congress' American Memory in partnership with the Museum of History and Industry and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture.
   
  
• Salmon Collection
  Several hundred photographs and 23 documents describing the place of salmon in the Pacific Northwest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the roots of the salmon crisis.
   
  

Other Online Exhibits

Other online Exhibits showcasing the history and culture of the Pacific Northwest.
 

• Makah Cultural and Research Center Online Museum
  Makah Cultural and Research Center and the Olympic Peninsula Community Museum offer a look back in time at the Makah Tribe's culture and history.
   
  
• Northwest of the West: the Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast
  This University of Washington Libraries online exhibit looks at Euro-American settlement of the Pacific Northwest Coastal regions.
   
  
• Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian Photographic Images
  In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Edward S. Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes.
   
  

Recommended Reading

• Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Information on the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Jamestown Tribal Library, Sequim, Washington.
   
• Castile, George, editor, The Indians of Puget Sound, The Notebooks of Myron Eells, 1985, University of Washington Press: Seattle, Washington.
   
• Gunther, Erna, Klallam Ethnography, 1927, University of Washington Press: Seattle, Washington.
   
• Stauss, Joseph, The Jamestown S’Klallam Story, 2002, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe: Sequim, Washington.