The Skokomish Indian Tribe, formerly known as the Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation, and in its own official use the Skokomish Tribal Nation, is a

federally recognized tribe A federally recognized tribe is a Native American tribe recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. In the United States, the Native American tribe ...

of Skokomish,

Twana Twana ( Twana: ) is the collective name for a group of nine Coast Salish peoples in the western Puget Sound region along much of Hood Canal. The Skokomish are the main surviving group and self-identify as the Twana today. The spoken language, ...

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, and Chimakum people. They are a tribe of Southern

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located in

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. The Skokomish are one of nine bands of Twana people.

Reservation

The Skokomish Reservation is located on several square miles of Mason County, just north of

Shelton, Washington Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census. Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the ...

at . Some Klallam people were relocated onto the

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after signing the 1855

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Government

The Skokomish Indian Tribe is headquartered in Skokomish, Washington. The tribe is governed by a seven-member, democratically elected General Council. The current tribal administration is as follows: * Chairman: Charles "Guy" Miller * Vice-chair: Terri Twiddy-Butler * Secretary: Alex Gouley * Council Member: Lyle Wilbur * Council Member: Tim "Wiggs" LeClair * Council Member: Annette Smith * Council Member: Tom Strong * General Council President: Gilanne "Sissy" Delacruz * Executive Secretary: Bobbi Blacketer

Language

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is commonly spoken by members of the tribe. The Skokomish language is a dialect of Twana, a Central

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. The last fully fluent speaker died in 1980.

Economic development

As of April 2015, the Skokomish Tribe acquired the Glen Ayr resort, located north of Hoodsport, WA, along the

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Notes

References

* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .
Rebecca McLain, Skokomish Indian Tribe, Shelton, Washington - Academia.edu

External links

official website

March 17, 1980

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