Quinault Indian Nation and National Congress of American Indians president Fawn Sharp delivers the State of Indian Nations speech on Feb. 22. Credit: National Congress of American Indians screenshot Disparities faced by Native Americans 'a national disgrace', Quinault president says By The Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula is currently under three states of emergency. In addition to a pandemic that has taken lives and stifled the tribal economy, ocean waves breached the village of Taholahâs seawall in January. The resulting flooding forced much of the Quinault Reservation's main village to be evacuated. Meanwhile, a mudslide is undermining the only paved road to Taholah.