Tse-whit-zen
Tse-whit-zen (pronounced [tʃʼixʷítsən] in the Klallam language) is a 1700 to 2700 year old Klallam (Lower Elwha) village on the Port Angeles, Washington waterfront. A project for a graving dock discovered in 2004 that it had been sited to include the village's cemetery. Over 10,000 artifacts and more than 335 intact skeletons have been unearthed to date. The Washington State Department of Transportation decided to halt all construction efforts relating to the graving dock on December 21, 2004 and is currently undertaking only those steps required to ensure the preservation of remains and artifacts already uncovered by the construction. The graving dock was being built for the construction of replacement pontoons for the Hood Canal Bridge which is part of State Route 104.
As a result of a legal settlement, the tribe received $2.5 million to build a cultural center or museum on the site. The museum plans have to be developed, but the tribe is aiming for construction to begin around 2012.
External links
- "Lower Elwha Klallam tribe"
- "Unearthing Tse-whit-zen" Seattle Times article
- Washington: Construction of the Port Angeles Graving Dock Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
- Port Angeles Graving Dock Report - WSDOT
- Review of Port Angeles Graving Dock Project - Transportation Performance Audit Board (pdf file)
48°07′49″N 123°27′42″W / 48.1302°N 123.4618°W
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