Book
Indians of Skagit County
Skagit County Historical Society • (2) • Published In 1972 • Pages: viii, 72
By: Sampson, Martin J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Written by a native scholar and hereditary chief of the Swinomish tribe, this book discusses the effects of the 1855 treaty with the United States government on the native peoples of Skagit County, Washington. They were obliged to cede their lands to white settlers in return for sufficient agricultural land to sustain households, access to adequate fishing and hunting grounds, and government services in the form of housing, schools and health care. The outcome was disastrous, mainly because of the government’s reluctance to fulfill those promises. Under the demographic pressure of settler intrusions and introduced diseases, most tribes ceased to exist.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Location
- Topography and geology
- Settlement patterns
- Annual cycle
- Community structure
- Community heads
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Classes
- Slavery
- External relations
- Administrative agencies
- Public welfare
- Education system
- Form and rules of government
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Housing
- Research and development
- Labor supply and employment
- Acculturation and culture contact
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Southern Coast Salish
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1780-1972
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Skagit county, Washington, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Chief Martin J. Sampson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72192416
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Skagit County