Stillaguamish

[stil-uh-gwah-mish]

noun

plural

Stillaguamishes ,

plural

Stillaguamish .

1. a member of a Lushootseed-speaking Indigenous people of Washington State.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Stillaguamish.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stillaguamish¹

First recorded in 1850–55 as Stoluck-wa-mish, referring to the people, and in 1850–55 as Stillaguamish, referring to the Stillaguamish River; from Lushootseed stuləgʷábš

Example Sentences

The body of a man who reportedly slipped and fell into the Stillaguamish River at the Granite Falls fish ladder last month was recovered on Saturday, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.

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The Tulalip Tribes will receive more than $20 million to remove a series of fish passage barriers on streams in the Stillaguamish and Snohomish basins, opening up habitat for threatened Puget Sound Chinook, steelhead and coho, and reducing the threat of flooding in local communities.

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From 2018 to 2023, about 90% of goats in herds near Darrington, Snohomish County, vanished, according to the Stillaguamish Tribe.

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New federal funding will help the Stillaguamish Tribe, in a partnership with Tulalip Tribes and Lummi Nation, find surviving goats and, the tribes hope, answers.

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Before settlers arrived, weaving these blankets was one of the things Stillaguamish was known for, too, said Gary Tatro, a ceremonial hunter for the tribe and an elected council member.

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