Siwash Explained

Siwash is a Chinook Jargon word for native peoples, derived from the French French: sauvage ("wild"). The term may also refer to:

• Siwash College, a fictional school in the stories of George H. Fitch
• Siwash Creek (British Columbia), Canada
• Siwash sweater, another name for a Cowichan sweater, which is made with Cowichan knitting
• Siwash Rock, a rock outcropping in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• USS Siwash (SP-12), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919
• Naswhito Creek, British Columbia, Canada, also called Siwash

See also

• • • Sivash, a system of lagoons on the west coast of the Sea of Azov