The Skykomish Tribe

The Skykomish tribe originated as a subgroup of the Snoqualmies and lived in the current American state, Washington (Pritzker, 201). They form part of the Native Americans in the US. The tribe’s main villages were located on the Skykomish River. Primarily, the tribe composed of the Indians of Twana, a community comprising of the Salishan people living in Washington’s Hood Canal drainage basin. The Twana comprised of nine communities, where the Skykomish, also called “people of the big river,” formed the largest group (Pritzker, 201). The area inhabited by the Skykomish tribe comprised of approximately 5, 000 acres of marshy and wooded land. The language used by the tribe is referred to as tuwaduqutSit, a southern Puget Sound dialect used …show more content…
Moreover, the tribe’s government has currently provided an all-inclusive collection of community-based health programs, cultural and social services to all the members of the tribe (Waldman, 344). Today, the community still gets its source of living from the Skykomish River as well as the Hood Canal. In 2003, the tribe implemented a significant community planning effort to come up with a new housing and facility area comprising of 338 acres of land (Waldman, 346). Because the community is growing, and the population is increasing, the major development efforts of the tribe are directed towards the construction of new houses, infrastructure, as well new business ventures to enhance the community’s standard of living. Some of the businesses established and operated by the tribe include the tribal hatchery and a gas station (Ruby, et al., …show more content…
The treaties called upon the native signatories to give up huge areas of their homeland as substitutes for some reservations that were set aside for the protection of the community. Besides, the people were offered other federal benefits in exchange for their land. On 26 January 1855, the Point-no-Point Treaty established the Skykomish Indian Reservation (Carlson, 204). The Congress ratified the reservation in April the same year. Following the enactment of such treaties and the influence of the European culture the Skykomish were faced with new troubles. At the beginning of the year 1900, the land at the mouth of Skykomish River was procured by a businessperson from Washington. As a result, various plant species were destroyed. Between the years 1926 and 1930, the tribe’s access to saltwater and cultural sites was limited by the erection of two dams on north fork by the Tacoma City (Hook, 301). More so, Washington