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Line 7: The Skokomish or Twana language belongs to the [[Salishan]] family of Native American languages. The original name of the Skokomish is '''Twana''' and many people in the Skokomish tribe are moving back to calling themselves by that title. The name Skokomish is a [[Chinook Jargon]]-[[Lushootseed]] hybrid form and translates to "Big River People" (''[[skookum]]'' + ''-mish'' for "people"). The Skokomish were the largest of nine different Twana tribes. <!--what happend to the others? "extinct"?--> ==Reservation++== The tribe moved onto the Skokomish Indian Reservation in the central part of modern-day [[Mason County, Washington]] near the [[Skokomish River]] around [[1855]]. The reservation has a land area of 21.244 km² (8.2022 sq mi) and a [[United States Census, 2000\|2000 census]] resident population of 730 persons. Its major community is [[Skokomish, Washington\|Skokomish]].

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