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Origin of

the Skokomish Indian Tribe

DATE

History:

First Contact

First Contact With Europeans

Who?

The Skokomish probably had their first actual contact with Europeans when British explorers led, by Captain George Vancouver explored Puget Sound and Hood Canal.

When

When? +more info

1792: Probable first contact between Skokomish and Europeans occurs.

1827: Fort Langley is founded, and Skokomish lifestyle changes as they trade with European settlers.

1846–55: A series of treaties gives most of the Skokomish homeland to the United States.

1855: The Treaty of Point No Point is signed.

1857: The Skokomish settle on reservation land.

1874: The U.S. government increases reservation size to 4,987 acres.

1938: Tribal constitution adopted.

1965: The Skokomish tribe receives an award of about $374,000 for claims against the government.

1974: The Boldt Decision reaffirms Native fishing rights.

1976: The Skokomish and several other tribes form the South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency (SPIPA).

How They Came to be:

How They Came To Be

History of where the Skokomish tribe came from

From Where?

Skokomish was the largest of nine Twana Indian communities that lived near one another and shared many customs. What is now known as the Skokomish tribe is mostly made up of Twana Indians and the descendants of the other tribes who share the Skokomish Reservation. The closest neighbors of the Twana were the Klallam, the Squaxon, the Suquamish, and the Satsop.

Twana

Twana

What is now known as the Skokomish Tribe actually was primarily composed of Twana Indians; Salishan people whose territory consists of the Hood Canal drainage basin in western Washington State. Twana descendants live on the Skokomish Reservation, and all have become known as the Skokomish Tribe.

Like the other Twana bands, the basic social unit of the Skokomish was the extended family, which might include relatives from other villages, or even members of bands outside the Twana area. Villages consisted of one or more such families.

Culture

How does culture play a rile in the origin of the Skokomish Trbe?

Lifestyle:

Lifestyle

The Skokomish economy was based mainly on gathering foods and fishing. They had three distinct types of hunters: sea hunters, land hunters, and fowl catchers. The sea hunters used harpoons from a two-man canoe. To catch seals, the men surprised them and clubbed them or drove them onto sharpened stakes or into nets. They traded sealskins for European products. While fishermen made use of beached whales, they did not go out and hunt them.

Religion

Religion

In 1839 and 1840 two Catholic priests taught the Skokomish about Christianity. Priests and missionaries who came later had little luck in finding converts. Today, people on the reservation prefer the Indian Shaker Church and the Assemblies of God religion.

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