Snee Oosh (also spelled Snee-Oosh or Snee-oosh; ) is a populated place on

Fidalgo Island Fidalgo Island is an island in Skagit County, Washington, located about north of Seattle. To the east, it is separated from the mainland by the Swinomish Channel, and from Whidbey Island to the south by Deception Pass. The island is named ...

in the U.S. state of

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

, on the

Swinomish Indian Reservation The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, also known as the Swinomish Tribe, is a federally recognized Tribe located on Puget Sound in Washington.Swinomish The Swinomish are an historically Lushootseed-speaking Native American people in western Washington state in the United States. The Tribe lives in the southeastern part of Fidalgo Island in northern Puget Sound, near the San Juan Islands, i ...

villages occupied in historic times. The name "Snee Oosh" is derived from the Lushootseed name, , which means "look the other way."

Kukutali Preserve

The Kukutali Preserve, an extension of

Deception Pass State Park Deception Pass is a strait separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island, in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It connects Skagit Bay, part of Puget Sound, with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A pair of bridges known collectively a ...

jointly administered by the Swinomish and

Washington State Parks The Washington State Park System is a set of state parks owned by the state government of Washington, USA. They are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. There are over 140 parks throughout the state, including 19 marine ...

in a unique arrangement, is adjacent to Snee Oosh, and occupies the entirety of Flagstaff Island and

Kiket Island Kiket Island is a small islet in Washington, co-managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Located at Snee Oosh, less than northwest of the town of LaConner in Skagit County, Was ...

. It is the first state–tribal co-managed park in the United States. Kiket Island was once the planned site of a nuclear power plant.Wilma, David
Kiket Island
HistoryLink.org (October 24, 2001). Kukutali Preserve entrance sign

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* * {{SkagitCountyWA-geo-stub Unincorporated communities in Skagit County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)