Skokomish
Americannoun
plural
Skokomishes,plural
Skokomish-
a member of an Indigenous people of western Washington State.
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Also called Twana. the Salishan language of the Skokomish.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Skokomish
First recorded in 1850–55; from Skokomish sqwuqwóʔbəš, equivalent to sqwuqwóʔ “river” + -bəš (from earlier -məš ) “people”
Example Sentences
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Oral histories and traditions surrounding the beaked hazelnuts abound in the Kalapuya, Skokomish, Nlaka’pamux, and Gitxsan communities of British Columbia.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 18, 2024
About half the waterways where it spawned — spanning the Skokomish River on the canal to the Dungeness River near Sequim — lost their entire runs, according to the University of Washington’s Puget Sound Institute.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024
Interviews with elders from the Sto:lo, Skokomish, and other Coast Salish nations painted a very different picture, of cultural repression leading to the loss of the dogs.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023
“The more we know, the more questions we have,” says Susan Pavel sa’hLamitSa, an expert on traditional Skokomish weaving and executive director of the Coast Salish Wool Weaving Center.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023
The Skokomish Valley is said to have been full of 174 canoes containing persons thus buried.
From A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)
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