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The Nuwhaha (noo-WAH-hah; Lushootseed: dxʷʔaha) [1] were a historical Lushootseed-speaking people in the Skagit River valley of Washington. The Nuwhaha primarily lived along the Samish River, as well as the coastal areas between Bay View and Bellingham. The Nuwhaha were a powerful and warlike people, but smallpox epidemics devastated them in ...
The Nooksack (/ ˈ n ʊ k s æ k /; Nooksack: Noxwsʼáʔaq) are a federally recognized Native American tribe near the Pacific Northwest Coast.They are a sovereign nation, located in the mainland northwest corner of Washington state in the United States along the Nooksack River near the small town of Deming (in western Whatcom County), and 12 miles south of the Canadian border. [1]
The Marietta Band of Nooksacks are an unrecognized group of Nooksack people in Whatcom County, Washington. They are not part of the federally recognized tribe known as the Nooksack, who are based in Whatcom County. They have a nearly 3200-acre land base, much of it held by the federal government as trust land.
In 1988, Nooksack became extinct with the death of Sindick Jimmy. Now, the Nooksack Indian Tribe has offered classes in the language. [7] As of 2020, one fluent speaker remained, a Nooksack tribal member who has been part of the Lhéchelesem Teacher Training Language Immersion Project.
The Nooksack River is a river in western Whatcom County of the northwestern U.S. state of Washington, draining extensive valley systems within the North Cascades around Mount Shuksan, Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters, and a portion of Fraser Lowland south of the Canada–United States border. The river proper begins with the merging of three ...
Zach Kortge. August 2, 2022 at 8:00 AM. Two years after the $20 million removal of the Middle Fork Nooksack dam, salmon have safe passage through the river, but none have been seen — so now ...
Nooksack (/ ˈ n ʊ k s æ k / NUUK-sak) is a city in Whatcom County, Washington, 8 km (5.0 mi) south of the border with Canada. The population was 1,471 at the 2020 census . Despite the name, it is actually located right next to the upper stream of the Sumas River , and is 2 km (1.2 mi) northeast of the nearest bank of the Nooksack River .
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