FDI - Skokomish

The Skokomish, previously Twana, were semi-sedentary coastal hunter/gatherers and relied heavily on fishing. The tribe lived along both sides of Hoods Canal. They suffered from the White influx.

Year	*History*
1787	Strait of Juan de Fuca discovered by Charles Barkley
1792	Area charted by Capt. George Vancouver, smallpox epidemic
1827	Hudson Bay Company founded Fort Langley
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1855	Treaty of Point No Point created reservation
1870	Smallpox epidemic

Year	Population	Source
1700	500	NAHDB calculation
1800	500	NAHDB calculation
1900	250	NAHDB calculation
1910	256	Census
1937	206	US Indian Office
1981	1,008	BIA
1989	2,140	BIA [?]
2000	1,500	NAHDB calculation
2004	1,446	IHC

Skokomish Sites:

Lucky Dog Casino http://theluckydogcasino3608775656.worldpages-ads.com/

Northwest Coast Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_coastal_culture.htm

Skokomish Artis Wins National Heritage Fellowship http://www.indianz.com/News/2004/002858.asp

Skoskomish Basket Master http://www.npaihb.org/profiles/tribal_profiles/Washington/Skokomish%20Tribal%20Profile.htm

Skokomish Indian Tribe http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1568.html

Skokomish Tribal Nation http://www.skokomish.org/

Skoskomish Tribal Profile http://www.npaihb.org/profiles/tribal_profiles/Washington/Skokomish%20Tribal%20Profile.htm

Skoskomish Tribe http://www2.ihs.gov/PortlandAO/about/skokomish.asp

Twana Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TWA

Twana Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=TWA

Vancouver Begins British Survey of Puget Sound, 1792 http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5230

*Ethnie:*	SKOKOMISH (TWANA)
*Language:*	Twana
*Family:*	Twana
*Stock:*	Central Salish
*Phylum:*	Salishan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest