The agency has restored about 1.5 million acres (610,000 ha) to tribes under this program. Among other tribes, a range of 41 to 45% of people have accepted such offers. The land purchased will be put into trust for the tribe at this reservation. Department of Interior as part of its Native Lands Buy-Back Program as part of the settlement of the Cobell v. In July 2016, about 2,500 landowners with interests in the Quinault Reservation were offered about $59 million by the U.S. These peoples are also represented in other tribes in Washington and Oregon. 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
