With Native American languages around the world being lost, preserving the Quileute language is important. Today the Quileute tribe's put forth efforts not only save the language, but reinvigorate it: "[In 2007], the Tribal Council set up a two-year Quileute Revitalization Project with the goal of encouraging the use of Quileute words and phrases in everyday village life. A basic vocabulary of greetings, questions, numbers, names of things, and "one-linders" in Quileute were made available to tribal members and staff through informal classes, email and … [Read More...]
Quileute Tribe The Quileute Tribe, also known as Quillayute, is a Native American people settled on a reservation at La Push Washington State in the United States. The tribe has received national exposure being featured in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga. Whereas, the members of the Quileute tribe are capable of shape shifting into wolves, and regard themselves as werewolves. They're the pledged enemies of “The Cold Ones” whom live as vampires. According to the Quileute Tribe History a being known as K’wa’iti (Trickster) created the first Quileute from … [Read More...]
"Her openness was like fuel on the fire, Her vulnerability a fine wine for the drinking. Something within him stirred As he took a bite from the forbidden fruit." ~ Brian Kirkland Stiff The newest of the upcoming Twilight Saga movies, Eclipse is causing excitement all over the world for fans. Eclipse is the 3rd movie in the Twilight series, which is expected to release in theaters on June 30, 2010. This movie is continued from the previous hit film New Moon, which only left fans wanting more. Starring Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as … [Read More...]
The Quillayute are a Native American tribe located in western Washington in the United States of America, presently totaling about 750. The Quileute tribe colonized onto the Quileute Indian Reservation situated near the south-west corner of Clallam County, Washington at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific seacoast. The reservation's primary population center is the residential area of La Push, Washington. Similar to many Northwest Coast tribes, in pre-Colonial times the Quileute were dependent on fishing by local rivers and the Pacific … [Read More...]
Quileute Legend In Quileute Legend, in the past there was a war between the Quileute and the Ozette (Eyii'-elat). A Quileute man lost all his brothers in battle. He retired to a hill on the northern side of the mouth of the Quileute river, and cried at that place. That night there was a full moon, and the nights were very clear. On one of these occasions he viewed something in the river, with several animals swimming about it. At sight of this, the man quit crying, and, took off his blanket, then dived into the river and swam towards it. He swam right … [Read More...]
In Quileute Legends there is a story about Sexdate. At one time there was a young man, named Sexdate, who was lazy and Jobless. Due to this fact he only received the tail-part of dried out salmon for his meals. His older brother's wife brought him the salmon, which he would arrange into a small basket that he had concealed under his blanket. One day his brother and sister-in-law journeyed to Ozette, and left the young man at home. Whilst they were gone, somebody sighted a whale far away in the sea, swimming towards the land. The Quileute of … [Read More...]
Quileute legend may contain on occasion customary customs of day-to-day life and even comprise spiritual or mythic elements. In the beginning, the Quileute had no form of writing so every legend had to be communicated orally from generation to generation so as to preserve and record their history. There can be both a moral and psychological theme to the work, in addition to entertainment value, depending on the nature of the storyteller, the manner of the telling, the ages of the audience members, and the overall context of the performance . The … [Read More...]
Quileute Stories Native American cultures spread out across the Great Plains of North America recite stories. These stories are as old as humankind and are passed down generation to generation around camp fires. They survive in our Contemporary living rooms during holidays and additional gatherings, when we take part in family customs and share family stories in very much the same way that the Quileute storytellers learned their stories by hearing the Quileute stories of their tribe. Even though the stories of the Quileute might be published in books, … [Read More...]
The Cold Ones The popular Twilight series is based on the legend of the Cold Ones. Commonly referred to as vampires, the Cold Ones, are mythological creatures that have existed, and been historically noted, throughout history in all parts of the world. Cold Ones are Nomads Because they are nomads, it is rare for the Cold Ones to travel in covens larger than two: a male and female pair. This is because the more members that exists in a coven, the more human blood there must be available to feed them. Since these creatures seek to exist undetected among … [Read More...]
According to Quiletue legend, a long time ago when elks were men. They decided to throw a potlatch and invite all the wolves, since they used to kill young elk If they wandered off from the house to play. The elks had a very large house; but they consulted collectively, and decided to do without houses and simply live in the woods. They gathered much pitch-wood, which they went to split up. Then many of them invite the wolves. It took them a month to get them. When the wolves arrived, they all entered the house. About one-half of the elks, yet, remained … [Read More...]