Nooksack Indian Tribe: Difference between revisions

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Homeland: Northern Puget Sound near Strait of Georgia in Northwest Washington
Homeland: Northern Puget Sound near Strait of Georgia in Northwest Washington  


Linquistic group: Salishan
Linquistic group: Salishan  


[[Image:NooksackIndians Logo.png|thumb|right]]  
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==== Brief Timeline  ====
==== Brief Timeline  ====


1787: Chrales Barkley a European fur trader encountered the Nooksack tribe
1787: Chrales Barkley a European fur trader encountered the Nooksack tribe  


1846: Treaty of Washington divides the the Nooksack land between Canada and United States
1846: Treaty of Washington divides the the Nooksack land between Canada and United States  


1855: bad weather delayed tribal leaders from attending the Point Elliott Treaty, lost the opportunity to have a reservation  
1855: bad weather delayed tribal leaders from attending the Point Elliott Treaty, lost the opportunity to have a reservation    


1971: the tribe is federaly recogized, and the Nooksack Reservation was established
1971: the tribe is federaly recogized, and the Nooksack Reservation was established  


==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe  ====
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe  ====
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==== Reservations  ====
==== Reservations  ====


Nooksack Reservation
Nooksack Reservation  


=== Records  ===
=== Records  ===
17,757

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