Swinomish people

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Swinomish
swədəbš
Dr. Joe,^[1] a Swinomish medicine man, c. 1907
Total population
978^[2]
Regions with significant populations
Northern Whidbey Island, Western Skagit County
Languages
traditionally Lushootseed, English
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
other Coast Salish peoples

The Swinomish people (/ˈswɪnəmɪʃ/ SWIN-ə-mish;^[3] Lushootseed: swədəbš) are a 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, in Skagit County, Washington. 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.^[4]

Language

The Swinomish people speak a subdialect of the Northern dialect of the Lushootseed language.^[5]

Culture

The lifestyle of the Swinomish, like many Northwest Coast indigenous peoples, involves the fishing of salmon and collecting of shellfish. They reserved the right to fish and harvest in their usual and accustomed areas in the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855.^[6]

History

The Swinomish moved onto reservation lands after the signing of the Point Elliott Treaty in 1855.^[6] The Swinomish police department was the second in the U.S.--and the first in Washington State—to be state-accredited.^{[citation needed]}

Native American Advocacy

The former Swinomish Chairman, Brian Cladoosby, was the 21st president of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI).^[7]

La Conner, Washington
A skate from the Swinomish fishtrap, Tulalip Indian Agency, Washington, 1938

Notes

^ Sampson, Martin J (2014). Indians of Skagit County (6th ed.). La Conner, WA.: Skagit County Historical Society. p. 11.
^ "Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | NCAI". www.ncai.org. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4.
^ Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. (retrieved July 28, 2009)
^ Lushootseed Language (Whulshootseed, Puget Sound Salish). Native Languages of the Americas. (retrieved July 28, 2009)
^ ^a ^b Mapes, Lynda V. "Swinomish are told to restrict shellfish." The Seattle Times. April 19, 2007 (retrieved July 28, 2009)
^ "NCAI Leadership | NCAI".

External links

Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Swinomish Indians" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Media related to Swinomish people at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
March Point (2008), a film about the Swinomish Reservation
March Point page, from Independent Lens site
"Swinomish Indian Tribe", a brief history at u-s-history.com

Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound

Lushootseed language

Grammar	Lushootseed grammar
Dialects	Northern Southern

Culture

Religion	dukʷibəɬ Transformer/Changer Spirit Powers Ayahos

Peoples

Northern peoples	Skagit peoples Skagit Swinomish Kikiallus Sauk Stillaguamish Snohomish
Southern peoples	Skykomish Snoqualmie Shilshole Duwamish Sammamish Suquamish Puyallup Steilacoom Nisqually Sahewamish

Federally recognized tribes

Reservations

Non-recognized groups

v t e Coast Salish
Peoples	Chawathil Cheam Sts'Ailes (WA) Chemainus Clemclemaluts Comiaken Copalis Cowlitz Duwamish Esquimalt Halalt Hoh Homalco Humptulips Katzie Khenipsen Kilpahlas Klahoose Klallam Koksilah Kwa-kwa-a-pilt Kwantlen Kway-quit-lam Matsqui Musqueam Nanoose Nuxalk Malahat Sliammon Snuneymuxw Tsawwassen Tsleil-Waututh shíshálh Squamish Semiahmoo Sumas Sq'éwlets Sts'Ailes Leq'á:mel Popkum Seabird Island Skwah Skway Shilshole Shxw'ow'hamel Skawahlook Skowkale Soowahlie Squiala Stó꞉lō Tzeachten Yakweakwioose T'souk-e Tsartlip Somena Quamichan Penelakut Lamalcha Saanich Lummi Nooksack Lower Skagit Upper Skagit Skokomish Muckleshoot Sammamish Samish Sauk-Suiattle Snohomish Snoqualmie Skykomish Nisqually Puyallup Stillaquamish Suquamish Swinomish Tulalip Quinault Sahewamish Wynoochee Satsop Nehalem (Tillamook) Siletz Quamichan Somena
Governments	Aitchelitz Band Chawathil First Nation Cheam First Nation Kwantlen First Nation Katzie First Nation Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation Leq'á:mel First Nation Matsqui First Nation Popkum Band Sq'éwlets First Nation Seabird Island Band Skwah First Nation Skway First Nation Shxw'ow'hamel First Nation Skawahlook First Nation Skowkale First Nation Soowahlie First Nation Squiala First Nation Sto꞉lo Nation Chiefs Council Stó꞉lō Tribal Council Sumas First Nation Tzeachten First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Sts'ailes Nation Tsleil-waututh First Nation Musqueam Indian Band Katzie First Nation Kwikwetlem First Nation Semiahmoo First Nation Chemainus First Nation Halalt First Nation Homalco First Nation Klahoose First Nation Malahat First Nation Nanoose First Nation Peters First Nation Tla'amin Nation shíshálh Nation Snuneymuxw First Nation Tsawwassen First Nation Yale First Nation Yakweakwioose First Nation Tseycum First Nation Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Squamish Nation Union Bar First Nation Nuxalk Nation T'Sou-ke Nation Esquimalt First Nation Tsawout First Nation Cowichan Tribes Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Cowlitz Indian Tribe Suquamish Tribe Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe Lummi Nation Makah Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Nisqually Indian Tribe Quinault Indian Nation Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Samish Indian Nation Skokomish Indian Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Suquamish Tribe Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes
Organizations and institutions	Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency Washington Indian Gaming Association Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
Culture and society	Music Mythology Art
Languages	Comox Island Comox † Sliammon/Mainland Comox Pentlatch Halkomelem shíshálh Squamish Nooksack North Straits Lummi Saanich Samish Semiahmoo Songhees T'sou-ke Klallam Lushootseed Northern and Southern Twana Cowlitz Quinault

v t e Municipalities and communities of Skagit County, Washington, United States
County seat: Mount Vernon
Cities	Anacortes Burlington Mount Vernon Sedro-Woolley	Map of Washington highlighting Skagit County
Towns	Concrete Hamilton La Conner Lyman
CDPs	Alger Bay View Big Lake Bow Clear Lake Conway Edison Lake Cavanaugh Lake McMurray Marblemount Rockport
Other communities	Avon Birdsview Dewey Fidalgo Gibraltar Guemes Island Minkler Prairie Samish Island Sterling Thornwood Urban Van Horn
Indian reservation	Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Upper Skagit Tribe Samish
Ghost towns	Alpine Ehrlich Sauk City Skagit City Whitney
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