Skagit
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- noun
- /ˈskædʒɪt/
- Many members of the Skagit Nation participate in festivals to celebrate their Native American identity.
- Skagit Tribe
- Upper Skagit
Examples
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Historically, the Skagit have relied on salmon fishing, which is a vital part of their community's sustenance.
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In my rural Skagit County, property taxes are way too high, all things considered.
Blog text (11) -
A view of Mount Erie looking back from Skagit Bay can be seen here.
Blog text (20) -
The Skagit summer village spread over a quarter mile of the Skagit River's north bank by the entrance of a creek.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Upper Skagit reservation is located near Sedro Woolley, Washington, along the Skagit River.
Academic text (1992) -
Upper Skagit has treaty rights to fishing under the terms of the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott.
Academic text (1992) -
Their spirits rose, and in the morning the Whatcom men sang and the Skagit men slung jokes at each other.
Fiction book (1991) -
To the north, on the way to Bellingham and Canada, is the Skagit Valley where bulb growers' farms dot the landscape.
Academic text (1994) -
Based in Mount Vernon, WA, the heart of Skagit County, we are located in the fertile tulip fields.
Blog text (25) -
His grandfather had married—as the family put it—a Skagit girl long ago, after his real grandmother died.
Fiction book (1991)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skagit comes from the name used by the local Native American people for their river and community in northwest Washington. That's why Skagit refers to the people who live by the Skagit River and helps you remember their life around salmon and canoe building.