Tse-whit-zen, known in the Klallam language as č̕ixʷícən or “inner harbor,” was a Lower Elwha Klallam village on the Port Angeles waterfront at the base of Ediz Hook. Occupied for more than 2,700 years, with the earliest confirmed settlement dating to about 750 B.C., it is the largest pre-European-contact village site excavated in Washington state. Buried beneath industrial fill and uncovered in 2003, the site yielded longhouse areas, ceremonial spaces, more than 10,000 artifacts, and more than 335 intact skeletons. The discovery halted a state construction project, led to preservation efforts and a legal settlement, and powerfully reaffirmed the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s enduring connection to this ancestral harbor.