The Hamma Hamma River is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington . It rises near Mount Washington in the Olympic Mountains within the Olympic National Park and drains to Hood Canal and thence to the Pacific Ocean .
4-417: The name Hamma Hamma comes from a Twana village once located at the river's mouth and called Hab'hab , referring to a reed that grows along the river's banks. This article related to a river in the state of Washington is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Skokomish people The Skokomish (pronounced / s k oʊ ˈ k oʊ m ɪ ʃ / ) are one of nine tribes of
8-704: The Twana , a Native American people of western Washington state in the United States . The tribe lives along Hood Canal , a fjord -like inlet on the west side of the Kitsap Peninsula and the Puget Sound basin. Historically the Twana were hunters, fishers, and gatherers who had a nomadic lifestyle during the warmer months, while living in more permanent homes during the winter months. Today, Skokomish people are enrolled in
12-496: The federally recognized Skokomish Indian Tribe . Like many Northwest Coast indigenous peoples , the Skokomish rely heavily on fishing for their survival. The name "Skokomish" comes from the Twana sqʷuqʷóbəš , also spelled sqWuqWu'b3sH , and meaning "river people" or "people of the river". The Skokomish were one of the largest of the nine different Twana village communities that existed before about 1860. By their locations,
16-595: The nine groups were the Dabop, Quilcene ("salt-water people"), Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hoodsport, Skokomish (Skoko'bsh), Ctqwəlqweli ("Vance Creek"), Tahuya, and Duhlelap (Tule'lalap) communities. Within these nine communities there were at least 33 settlements. The Skokomish, or Twana language belongs to the Coast Salish family of indigenous languages. The tribe moved onto the Skokomish Indian Reservation in
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