The Skagit ( / ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / SKAJ -it ; Lushootseed : sqaǰətabš , Lushootseed pronunciation: [sqɑd͡ʒətɑbʃ] ; "People Who Hide" or "People Who Run and Hide Upriver [the Skagit River]") refers to either of two modern-day tribes of Lushootseed -speaking Native American people living in the state of Washington : the Upper Skagit tribe , and the Lower Skagit band of the Swinomish tribe .
4-590: Skagit ( / ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / SKAJ -it ) may refer to: Skagit peoples , Native American groups in the U.S. state of Washington Upper Skagit , one of the two Skagit peoples Lower Skagit , one of the two Skagit peoples Skagit language , or Lushootseed, the traditional language of the Skagit peoples Skagit Bay Skagit County, Washington Skagit Range Skagit River Skagit River Hydroelectric Project Skagit Valley Topics referred to by
8-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Skagit peoples The Upper Skagit and Lower Skagit both speak subdialects of Northern Lushootseed . The Upper Skagit speak Skagit. As of 1977 , there were an estimated 100 speakers of Skagit. The Lower Skagit speak Swinomish, the subdialect of the Swinomish people. Traditionally, Skagit referred only to
12-508: The Lower Skagit on Whidbey Island. However, after colonization, the word Skagit was used to refer to both groups. The Skagit River , Skagit Bay , and Skagit County all derive their names from the Skagit peoples. This article relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to the Indigenous languages of
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