Nooksack Indian Tribe

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

Linguistic group: Salishan



Tribal Headquarters
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



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