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The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe (Lushootseed: sqaǰətabš) is a federally-recognized Indian tribe located in the U.S. state of Washington.The tribe is the successor-in-interest to approximately eleven [a] historic tribes (or bands) which had many permanent villages along the Skagit River in what is now Skagit County.
About 23 percent identified as being solely of Native American heritage. Like many other elements of American society, the tribe has a long history of intermarriage with other ethnic groups, but children of the tribe identify as Lower Skagit. Today, Lower Skagit members who live on the reservation are primarily commercial fishers by trade. [6]
The Skagit peoples (/ ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / SKA-jit) may refer to: Lower Skagit , a historic Lushootseed-speaking tribe located around northern Whidbey Island in the US state of Washington Upper Skagit Indian Tribe , a federally recognized tribe in Skagit County, Washington
The tribe also holds additional lands in trust jointly with the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and individual citizens own public-domain allotments. [11] The reservation is located near the present-day town of Darrington.
The Nuwhaha were a Lushootseed-speaking Coast Salish people, a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples in the Salish Sea. [7] Although they were historically independent, they have been classified variously by anthropologists and historians as a part of the Lower Skagit, [5] Upper Skagit, [8] or even Samish. [9]
The Swinomish Tribe and its constitution were established on January 27, 1936, following the Indian Reorganization Act of 1935, which encouraged tribes to reform their governments. [1] The Swinomish Tribe is governed by the Swinomish Senate, an 11-member, democratically elected body. [2] [11] Senators serve staggered five-year terms.
Skagit County is located about 70 miles (110 km) north of Seattle. Swinomish people are enrolled in the federally recognized Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, also known as the Swinomish Tribe, which is headquartered in Swinomish Village, across the Swinomish Channel from La Conner. [5]
The Samish Indian Nation is a federally-recognized tribe of Samish people (Samish: Xws7ámesh) [5] located in Skagit County, Washington.The Samish Indian Nation is a signatory to the Treaty of Point Elliott of 1855 and has a government-to-government relationship with the United States of America.