Kwiáht is a nonprofit conservation biology laboratory in and for the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Our lab was founded in 2006 by the late Samish Tribal leader Kenneth Hansen. Kwiáht is a Coast Salish (Native American) word that means a place that has been kept physically clean and spiritually healthy. At Kwiáht we combine the latest scientific research methods in ecology, biochemistry and genetics with respect for indigenous values of place-centered human responsibility for life processes.