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Swinomish Indian Tribe
Location
Swinomish. A place name.
Connections
The Swinomish belonged to the coastal
division of the Salishan linguistic family, and are
sometimes called a subdivision of the Skagit.
Location
On the northern part of Whidbey
Island and about the mouth of Skagit River.
Subdivisions
Ho'baks, on the upper end of Penn's Cove, not far from San de Fuca, Ho'baks, on the upper end of Penn's Cove, not far from San de Fuca, Batsa'dsali at Coupeville, Ba'asats between Coupeville and Snaklem Point
west of Long Point, and Tcubaa'ltced on the north side of Snaklem Point
about 4 miles from Coupeville.
Batsa'dsali at Coupeville, Ba'asats between Coupeville and Snaklem Point
west of Long Point, and Tcubaa'ltced on the north side of Snaklem Point
about 4 miles from Coupeville.
Kikia'los, on Skagit Bay from the South
Fork of Skagit River to the north tip of Camano Island, with a village at the mouth of
Carpenter Creek between Conway and Fir, and another called Atsala'di at Utsalady on Camano
Island.
Kwa'dsakbiuk, on the lower reaches of
Stillaguamish River and Port Susan, with a village at the mouth of the Stillaguamish.
Skagit, on Whidbey Island, from Oak Harbor south to Snaklem
Point, with a village at Oak Harbor.
Skwada'bsh, on the North Fork of the
Skagit River and the eastern part of Whidbey Island lying north of Oak Harbor, with Skwi'kwikwab at the mouth
of the North Fork of the Skagit, and Tcotab on a point across Skagit Bay.
Swinomish (on southern Padilla Bay,
Swinomish Slough which joins Padilla Bay and Skagit Bay, Skagit Bay from Sullivan Slough
north, and the southeast portion of Fidalgo Island), with the
following villages: Kale'kut (not far from Whitney at the highway bridge), Sde'os (near Lone
Tree Point, Shuptada'tci (on Swinomish Slough 3 miles from La Conner), and
another village (on Sullivan Slough just east of La Conner).
Population
The Swinomish are usually enumerated with the Skagit (q. v.).
The Skagit and Swinomish together numbered 268 in 1909. In 1937 there were 285
Swinomish reported.
Additional Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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