The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe of Washington continues to uncover ancestors and artifacts at an ancestral village on the Port Angeles waterfront.
The tribe has been excavating Tse-whit-zen
Village for the last five years. About 200 ancestors and nearly 65,000 artifacts have been found at the site, which dates back 2,700 years.
The process has been an emotional one for the tribe. The village was uncovered after the state began work on a major construction project that was eventually halted.
"I know they get frustrated at times," Chairwoman Frances Charles told The Peninsula Daily News of the eight tribal members who continue to work at the village. "They don't like seeing some of the things that we are witnessing from the past."
The tribe plans to build a cultural center and museum at the site once all the ancestors are reburied. For now, the artifacts are being held at the Burke Museum of Natural History in Seattle.
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