The Skagit (/ˈskædʒɪt/ SKAJ-it; Lushootseed: sqaǰətabš, Lushootseed pronunciation: [sqɑd͡ʒətɑbʃ]; "People Who Hide" or "People Who Run and Hide Upriver [the Skagit River]") refers to either of two modern-day tribes of Lushootseed-speaking Native American people living in the state of Washington: the Upper Skagit tribe, and the Lower Skagit band of the Swinomish tribe.

The Upper Skagit and Lower Skagit both speak subdialects of Northern Lushootseed. The Upper Skagit speak Skagit. As of 1977^[update], there were an estimated 100 speakers of Skagit.^[1] The Lower Skagit speak Swinomish, the subdialect of the Swinomish people.

Traditionally, Skagit referred only to the Lower Skagit on Whidbey Island. However, after colonization, the word Skagit was used to refer to both groups.

The Skagit River, Skagit Bay, and Skagit County all derive their names from the Skagit peoples.

• OLAC resources in and about the Skagit language

v t e Lushootseed-speaking peoples of Puget Sound
Lushootseed language	Grammar Lushootseed grammar Dialects Northern Southern
Culture	Salishan oral narratives dukʷibəɬ Transformer/Changer Spirit Powers Ayahos
Peoples	Northern peoples Skagit peoples Skagit Swinomish Nuwhaha Kikiallus Sauk Stillaguamish Snohomish Southern peoples Skykomish Snoqualmie Shilshole Duwamish Sammamish Suquamish Puyallup Steilacoom Nisqually Sahewamish
Federally recognized tribes	Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Tulalip Tribes of Washington Suquamish Tribe Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Puyallup Tribe of Indians Nisqually Indian Tribe Squaxin Island Tribe
Reservations	Swinomish Indian Reservation Port Madison Indian Reservation Nisqually Reservation
Non-recognized groups	Duwamish Tribe Steilacoom Tribe