Says Forks Forum:

Properly interpreting the Quileute culture to the thousands of visitors now coming to LaPush each year is a key goal of a planned expansion to the tribe’s beachfront resort.

“This would provide the way for people who visit to show respect,” Quileute Tribe Executive Director Bill Peach told members of the Forks Chamber of Commerce.

He said a prominent display of information about the Quileute culture is needed to inform visitors to the Quileute reservation at LaPush about the Quileute culture.

The lack of such displays sometimes leads to an inadvertent show of disrespect by visitors to the Quileute people, he said.

An example would be removing as souvenirs stones, sand and wood from First Beach at LaPush, a stretch of beach the tribe considers sacred.

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