Skokomish Indian Tribe, Washington (U.S.)

Native American

Last modified: 2025-03-08 by rick wyatt
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image by Janis Lasmanis, 7 February 2025
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• The band
• The flag

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• Index to North American Native Bands and Nations
• Washington
• United States of America

The Band

Skokomish Indian Tribe, formerly known as the Skokomish Indian Tribe of the Skokomish Reservation and in its own official use the Skokomish Tribal Nation.

Form WorldStatesmen.org:
26 January 1855 Treaty with the U.S., Skokomish Reservation established (by the Treaty of Point-No-Point).
3 May 1938 Skokomish Indian Tribe (constitution approved by Secretary of Interior)
1957 Under jurisdiction of state courts and law enforcement.
25 May 1995 Gaming compact.
2002 Self-governance agreement.

from Wikipedia: "The tribe moved onto the Skokomish Indian Reservation in the central part of modern-day Mason County, Washington at the southeast base of the Olympic Peninsula around 1855. The reservation has a land area of 21.244 km2 (8.2022 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of 730 persons. Its major community is Skokomish. The nearest outside communities are Union, to its east, and Hoodsport, to its north."
 
Ben Cahoon, 7 February 2025

The Flag

The flag is white with the logo centered featuring a dark brown ring with tribal symbols in white and red and in the center, the same symbols in blac with the name in red. Above is written People of the River, below is Treaty of Point No Point 1855, both in red.
 
Ben Cahoon, 7 February 2025