Chemakum people
A Chimakum woman, photographed by Edward S. Curtis | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| unknown | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Washington) | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Chemakum | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Quileute |
The Chemakum, also spelled Chimakum and Chimacum, Native American people (known to themselves as Aqokúlo and sometimes called the Port Townsend Indians), were a group of Native Americans who lived in the northeastern portion of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, between Hood Canal and Discovery Bay until their virtual extinction in 1902. Their primary settlements were on Port Townsend Bay, on the Quimper Peninsula, and Port Ludlow Bay to the south.
Today, Chimakum people are enrolled in three federally recognized tribes: the Skokomish, Jamestown S'Klallam, and Port Gamble S'Klallam tribes, although lineage is not traceable at present.