A member of an American Indian people of Washington state, or their Salishan language.
From Lushootseed (Salishan language) origin, referring to the Cowlitz River people. The name entered English through colonial contact with Pacific Northwest tribes in the 19th century.
The Cowlitz people have an amazing history of salmon fishing and cedar canoe building, and their name is preserved in the Cowlitz River—one of the major waterways of Washington state that still shapes the region's ecology and culture today.
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