Skokomish

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• The transformation of Skokomish social, political, and economic functions, once carried out by traditional mechanisms, was hastened by the intervention of one of the eighty thousand governments in the United States: the city of Tacoma.

  Academic text (2002)

• In contrast with the NWIFC, for example, a Skokomish Basin Restoration and Preservation District would give the Skokomish Indian Tribe sovereign control over their traditional resource bases in the Skokomish River watershed.

  Academic text (2002)

• In most cases, as in the case of the Skokomish, local cultural models of nature were destroyed and replaced by modern models of nature and economy.

  Academic text (2002)

• What can be done about the rights guaranteed by treaties to peoples like the Skokomish, who have already lost so much?

  Academic text (2002)

• The story of Washington State's Skokomish Indian Tribe illustrates the consequences of this paradigmatic warfare within the intergovernmental system for the tribe and their natural resource base.

  Academic text (2002)

• This practice, certainly not exclusive to the Skokomish Indians, is thought to be depleting the geoduck population faster than it can replenish itself (Mottram 2001).

  Academic text (2002)

• In contrast with the NWIFC, for example, a Skokomish Basin Restoration and Preservation District would give the Skokomish Indian Tribe sovereign control over their traditional resource bases in the Skokomish River watershed.

  Academic text (2002)

• Under the banner of sovereignty, the Skokomish fought in the courts for fifty years against the city of Tacoma, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Tacoma Public Utilities to regain their rights.

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• The Skokomish Indian Reservation was established in 1859 by the Treaty of Point-No-Point, negotiated by Washington's territorial governor and superintendent ex officio of Indian Affairs, Isaac Stevens.

  Academic text (2002)

• The Skokomish Indian Reservation is renowned for its stunning natural beauty and cultural heritage.

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