Their tribe is located in Washington state on the Pacific coast of the Olympic Peninsula. They are a Southwestern Coast Salish people of indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. The Quinault Indian Nation ( / k w ɪ ˈ n ɒ l t/ or / k w ɪ ˈ n ɔː l t/ QIN), formerly known as the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation, is a federally recognized tribe of Quinault, Queets, Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Chinook, and Cowlitz peoples. Other Quinault, Queets, Quileute, Hoh, Chehalis, Cowlitz, and Chinook peoples English, formerly Quinault, Quileute, Cowlitz, Chinook