Skokomish twined basket of red cedar bark, bear grass, cattail leaf, ca. 1890
Total population
796 enrolled members[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States (Washington)
Languages
English, Twana[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
other Twana, Klallam, and Chimakum people[3]
The Skokomish Indian Tribe,[4] formerly known as the Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation,[5] and in its own official use the Skokomish Tribal Nation,[6] is a federally recognized tribe of Skokomish, Twana, Klallam, and Chimakum people.[3] They are a tribe of Southern Coast Salish indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest located in Washington.[7] The Skokomish are one of nine bands of Twana people.[1]
^ ab"Skokomish Tribe." Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
^"Twana." Ethnologue. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
^ abPritzker 200
^INDIAN ENTITIES RECOGNIZED AND ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES FROM THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Archived February 25, 2017, at the Wayback Machine: Federal Register, Volume 79, Number 19: 5. January 29, 2014. Accessed June 10, 2014.
^"CORPORATE CHARTER of the SKOKOMISH INDIAN TRIBE OF THE SKOKOMISH INDIAN RESERVATION WASHINGTON." June 18, 1984.
^Skokomish Tribal Nation website
^Pritzker 203
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