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The Lummi Nation (/ ˈ l ʌ m i / LUH-mee; Lummi: Xwlemi or Lhaq'temish; [2] officially known as the Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation [3]) is a federally-recognized tribe of primarily Lummi people. The Lummi Nation also includes some Nooksack, Samish, and other local tribes which were removed to the reservation.
The Lummi are part of the North Straits peoples, who are a group of related peoples in the San Juan Islands, as well as on parts of Vancouver and Fidalgo islands. [5] The Lummi were not a historically unified people. According to their oral history, the Lummi are composed of the descendants of the last Klalakamish and Swallah peoples.
Lummi people, a Coast Salish people located in western Washington state Lummi Nation , a federally-recognized tribe primarily composed of Lummis Lummi dialect , the dialect of North Straits Salish spoken by the Lummi
Ellie Kinley, a member of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) Nation, stands on her fishing boat in Bellingham Bay’s Squalicum Harbor on Nov. 17, 2023.
In 1853, the U.S. National Geodetic Survey charted the island as Lummi, naming it after the local tribe. Later British Canadians and Americans adopted this term. [3] Some theories suggest the name was derived from a Lummi-language word. [2] The island's post office was established by the United States government in 1882.
But some arrangements are underway: A small group of Lummi Nation tribal members will go to the university to beat drums following Tokitae’s cremation, and Lummi Nation elder Raynell Morris will ...
The institution began in 1973 as the Lummi Indian School of Aquaculture, which was established to provide local technicians for employment in Indian-owned and operated fish and shellfish hatcheries in the United States and Canada. In 1983, the Lummi Nation chartered the Lummi Community College to fulfill the need for a more comprehensive post ...
The Lummi Island ferry, the Whatcom Chief, arrives to the Lummi Nation mainland on April 23, 2024, to unload vehicles and take on new passengers. Rachel Showalter/The Bellingham Herald.