Skokomish people

The tribe lives along Hood Canal, a fjord-like inlet on the west side of the Kitsap Peninsula and the Puget Sound basin.

Like many Northwest Coast indigenous peoples, the Skokomish rely heavily on fishing for their survival.

By their locations, 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.

The tribe moved onto the Skokomish Indian Reservation in the central part of modern-day Mason County, Washington at the southeast base of the Olympic Peninsula around 1855.

The reservation has a land area of 21.244 km2 (8.2022 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of 730 persons.