Swinomish is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The tribe lives in the southeastern part of Fidalgo Island near the San Juan Islands in Skagit County, Washington adjacent to the town of La Conner. Fidalgo Island is an Island in Skagit County, Washington, located about north of Seattle. The San Juan Islands are a part of the San Juan Archipelago in the northwest corner of the continental United States. Skagit County (ˈskædʒɨt is a County located in the US state of Washington. La Conner is a town in Skagit County, Washington, USA The population was 761 at the 2000 census Skagit County is located about 70 miles (113. 5 km) north of Seattle. The Swinomish Indian Reservation has a land area of 31. 381 km² (12. 116 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of 2,664 persons, only about 23 percent of whom were of solely Native American heritage.
The Swinomish moved onto reservation lands after the signing of the Point Elliott Treaty in 1855. The Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855 or the Point Elliott Treaty is the lands settlement treaty between the United States government and the nominal Native American Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Swinomish people speak a dialect of the Salishan Lushootseed language. This article is about the Salish/Salishan language For the Tacoma Washington neighborhood see Salishan Tacoma Washington. Lushootseed (also xʷəlšucid, dxʷləšúcid, Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, Skagit-Nisqually) is the language or Dialect The lifestyle of the Swinomish, like many Northwest Coast tribes, involves the fishing of salmon and collecting of shellfish. Salmon is the common name for several species of Fish of the family Salmonidae.
The Swinomish reservation is a confederation of several distinct tribes of Coast Salish, including the Swinomish, Kikyalus, Lower Skagit, and Samish. Coast Salish refers to a cultural or ethnographic designation of a subgroup of the First Nations or Native American cultures in British Columbia, The Lower Skagits (sometimes called Whidbey Island Skagits) are a Coast Salish group of Native American people living in the state of Washington The Samish are a Native American tribe who live in the US state of Washington.
References
- Swinomish Reservation, Washington United States Census Bureau
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