Nooksack Indian Tribe

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Nooksack Indian Tribe

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Tribal Headquarters

Nooksack Indian Tribe
5016 Deming Road / P.O. Box 157
Deming, WA 98244
Phone: 360-592-5176
Website

History

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

Linguistic group: Salishan

Brief Timeline

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

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

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

1971: The tribe is federal recognized, and the Nooksack Reservation was established

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Nooksack tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Reservations

Nooksack Reservation

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records
  

Important Websites

• Official Nooksack Tribal web site
• Constitution and ByLaws of the Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington
• Nooksack Tribe Wikipedia