Skagit
Americannoun
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a member of a Lushootseed-speaking Indigenous people of Washington State: divided into the Upper Skagit and Lower Skagit tribes.
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a river flowing from the Canadian Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound in Washington State. 158.5 miles (255 km) long.
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Etymology
Origin of Skagit
First recorded in 1860–65, referring to the people; from Lushootseed sqaǰət
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The US National Weather Service warns that catastrophic flooding is possible in the states of Oregon and Washington along the Skagit and Snohomish rivers.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Skagit County, a major agricultural area north of Seattle, has issued an immediate evacuation order to residents who live on the floodplain.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Some 75,000 people would be evacuated from low-lying areas on Skagit River, the director of the Washington Military Department's Emergency Management Division, Robert Ezelle, told reporters on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The nonprofit has continued to adapt and grow so it can meet the needs of their students and regional workforce across King, Kitsap, Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom counties.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
We followed the twists of the Skagit River in his new forest-green Lexus.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
They consisted chiefly of the Chinooks, Vancouvers, the Walla Wallas, the Yacomars, the Spokans, the Cayuses, the Nez-Percés, the Skagits, the Cascades, and many tribes that were scarcely more than families.
From The Log School-House on the Columbia by Butterworth, Hezekiah
On the south the Lummi adjoin the Samish and other bands of the Skagits, who in language approach the Nisquallies.
From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by Gibbs, George
Angeline was first married to a big chief of the Skagits, Dokubkun by name; her second husband was Talisha, a Duwampsh chief.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
The Skagits give this name to the "Couteaux," a tribe of Indians on Frazer River, of whom they stand in like awe.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by Gibbs, George
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