Place
Snee Oosh, Washington
sdiʔus
Stop sign at the intersection of Snee-Oosh Road and Reservation Road
Named for "look the other way" • Total 302
Snee Oosh (also spelled Snee-Oosh or Snee-oosh;
Lushootseed : sdiʔus ) is a populated place on
Fidalgo Island in the U.S. state of
Washington , on the
Swinomish Indian Reservation .
[1]
[2] The population was reported as 302 in 1999.
There is also a Snee Oosh Point at
48°24′01″N 122°32′51″W / 48.40028°N 122.54750°W / 48.40028; -122.54750 (Snee Oosh Point ) ,
[4]
[5] and Snee Oosh Beach at
48°24′07″N 122°32′38″W / 48.40194°N 122.54389°W / 48.40194; -122.54389 (Snee Oosh Beach ) .
[6]
History
Snee Oosh is the site of one of the main
Swinomish villages occupied in historic times.
[7] The name "Snee Oosh" is derived from the Lushootseed name, sdiʔus , which means "look the other way."
[8]
Kukutali Preserve
The Kukutali Preserve, an extension of
Deception Pass State Park jointly administered by the Swinomish and
Washington State Parks in a unique arrangement, is adjacent to Snee Oosh, and occupies the entirety of Flagstaff Island and
Kiket Island .
[9]
[10] It is the first state–tribal co-managed park in the United States. Kiket Island was once the planned site of a nuclear power plant.
[12]
Sign at the entrance to Kukutali Preserve in Snee Oosh
References
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee Oosh, Washington
^
"BOUNDARY MAP DETAIL" , official website , Swinomish Tribe, 2017, retrieved 2018-11-16
^
Washington Administrative Code title 237 GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, BOARD ON (appendix) (PDF) (2005 ed.), Washington State Legislature, p. 4
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee-oosh Point
^
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Snee-oosh Beach
^ Dailey, Tom.
"Village Descriptions--Lummi-Bellingham" . Coast Salish Map . Archived from
the original on 2003-02-13. Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^
Hilbert, Vi ; Miller, Jay; Zahir, Zalmai (2001). sdaʔdaʔ gʷəɬ dibəɬ ləšucid ʔacaciɬtalbixʷ - Puget Sound Geography . Original Manuscript from
T.T. Waterman . Lushootseed Press. pp. 348, 351.
ISBN
979-8750945764 .
^
VISITING KUKUTALI PRESERVE , Swinomish Tribe, retrieved 2018-11-16
^ Kimberly Cauvel (June 18, 2014),
"Kukutali Preserve opens to the public – Swinomish, state Parks partnership the first of its kind" , goskagit.com , Skagit Valley Herald
^ Wilma, David "
Kiket Island " HistoryLink.org (October 24, 2001).
Bibliography
48°25′20″N 122°33′16″W / 48.42222°N 122.55444°W / 48.42222; -122.55444