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The Tualatins spoke the northernmost dialect of the Kalapuyan languages. Other Kalapuyan-speakers lived throughout the Willamette Valley. This is why they are often called Tualatin Kalapuyas: because they were one branch of the Kalapuyan tribes. In their own language, they called themselves Atfalati.
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The Atfalati IPA: [aˈtɸalati], also known as the Tualatin or Wapato Lake Indians are a tribe of the Kalapuya Native Americans who originally inhabited and ...
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Washington County was originally inhabited by the Tualatin Band of Kalapuya (also known as the Atfalati, Twalaty, Twalatin, Quality, Tualaty, or Twalati). It is ...
The Atfalati-Kalapuya people were also called Tualatins or sometimes Wapato Lake Indians. Willamette. The Willamette River was called “walamet,” meaning to ...
The Indians who resided in and around the Cedar Mill area called themselves the Atfalati although the settlers eventually called them Tualatin and some ...
Today's Kalapuya and Atfalati peoples are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. We give ...