Squaxin Island
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Squaxin Island is in the extreme southwestern part of Puget Sound
in Mason County, Washington, USA. The island is an Indian reservation
of the Native American
Squaxin Island Tribe
. It once contained a Washington State Park by the same name, which has since been closed, and the land returned to the Squaxin Tribe. The island's land area is 5.739 km² (2.216 sq mi). There was no resident population as of the 2000 census
.
Squaxin Island is separated from Harstine Island
, to the east, by Peale Passage
.
The island's name comes from the Lushootseed
placename swwáxsəd.
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is a sound in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a complex estuarine system of interconnected marine waterways and basins, with one major and one minor connection to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Pacific Ocean — Admiralty Inlet being the major connection and...
in Mason County, Washington, USA. The island is an Indian reservation
Indian reservation
An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs...
of the Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
Squaxin Island Tribe
Squaxin Island Tribe
The Squaxin Island Tribe is a Native American tribal government in western Washington state in the United States. The Squaxin Island Tribe is made up of several Lushootseed clans: the Noo-Seh-Chatl, Steh-Chass, Squi-Aitl, T'Peeksin, Sa-Heh-Wa-Mish, Squawksin, and S'Hotle-Ma-Mish...
. It once contained a Washington State Park by the same name, which has since been closed, and the land returned to the Squaxin Tribe. The island's land area is 5.739 km² (2.216 sq mi). There was no resident population as of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
.
Squaxin Island is separated from Harstine Island
Harstine Island, Washington
Harstine Island is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Washington, United States, located on a similarly named island. The island is located west of Case Inlet in southern Puget Sound, north of Olympia. It has a land area of , and had a population of 1,002 as of the 2000 census...
, to the east, by Peale Passage
Peale Passage
Peale Passage is a strait, in the southern of part of Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington. Entirely within Mason County, Washington, Peale Passage separates Hartstine Island from Squaxin Island....
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The island's name comes from the Lushootseed
Lushootseed
Lushootseed is the language or dialect continuum of several SalishNative American groups of modern-day Washington state...
placename swwáxsəd.
External links
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=100$10000US530459611001088&-search_results=06000US5304593136&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=YSquaxin Island: Block 1088, Census Tract 9611, Mason County, Washington] United States Census Bureau