Nooksack Indian Tribe
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Homeland: Northern Puget Sound near Strait of Georgia in Northwest Washington
Linguistic group: Salishan
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
Nooksack Indian Tribe
5016 Deming Road
P.O. Box 157
Deming WA 98244
Ph. 1-360-592-5176
FAX 1-360-592-2125
- Official Nooksack Tribal web site
History[edit | edit source]
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Nooksack Reservation
Agencies[edit | edit source]
Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Official Nooksack Tribal web site
- Constitution and ByLaws of the Nooksack Indian Tribe of Washington
- Nooksack Tribe Wikipedia
References[edit | edit source]

