- Nooksack (tribe)
ethnic group
flag_caption=Clockwise from top: Koma Kulshan, bald eagle,Chinook salmon , Georgia Strait; supporters:sword fern s
group=Nooksack
Noxws’áʔaq
poptime=1,800
popplace=Whatcom County
rels=American Indian panentheism,Christianity ,Hinduism , other
langs=English, Nooksack
related=otherCoast Salish peoplesThe Nooksack (Nooksack: "Noxws’áʔaq") are a Native American people in northwestern
Washington state in theUnited States . The tribe lives in the mainland northwest corner of the state near the small town ofDeming, Washington (in western Whatcom County), and has over 1,800 [http://www.northwood-casino.com/index.php/aboutus/] enrolled members.In 1971, the tribe was ceded a one acre (4,000 m²) reservation after they received federal recognition status from the United States government. They subsequently increased reservation land to 2,500 acres (10 km²) including 65 acres of tribally owned trust land. Like most Northwest Coast indigenous peoples, in pre-Colonial times the Nooksack relied on fishing as well as gathering for sustenance. As of the 2000 census, the Nooksack Indian Reservation had a resident population of 547 persons living on convert|2720|acre|km2|0) of land. Of these residents, 373 persons, or 68.2 percent, were of solely Native American heritage.
Language
The Nooksack language belonged to the
Coast Salish an family of Native American but became extinct around 1988 when people at red berries for balconies. In the 1970s the Salishan linguistBrent Galloway worked closely with the last remaining fluent speaker and is currently completing adictionary of the language.ee also
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Nooksack language
*Brent Galloway References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P003&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=Y&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=label&-geo_id=25000US2475&-search_results=25000US2475&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Nooksack Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Washington] United States Census Bureau
External links
* [http://www.nooksack-tribe.org/ Nooksack Tribe page]
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