Nooksack

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Nooksack is a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally inhabiting the Nooksack River valley in what is now northwestern Washington State.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nooksack canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalAffiliation Coast Salish peoples ⓘ
culturalArea Coast Salish ⓘ
culturalPractice canoe culture ⓘ
potlatch-style gatherings ⓘ
culturalRevitalizationEffort language revitalization programs ⓘ
traditional arts and crafts ⓘ
economicActivities gaming operations ⓘ
tribal enterprises ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognized yes ⓘ
federalRecognitionYear 1973 ⓘ
governingBody Nooksack Indian Tribe ⓘ
historicalImpact affected by colonization and forced assimilation policies in Washington State ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageStatus critically endangered ⓘ
locatedIn Whatcom County, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Whatcom County
modernPopulationLocation Skagit County, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Skagit County

Whatcom County, Washington ⓘ
linked to: Whatcom County
primaryRiver Nooksack River ⓘ
recognizedTribalEntity Nooksack Indian Tribe ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lummi ⓘ
Skagit ⓘ
linked to: Upper Skagit

Sto:lo ⓘ
linked to: Sto:lo Nation
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Coast Salish spirituality ⓘ
reservation Nooksack Indian Reservation ⓘ
reservationState Washington ⓘ
stateRecognized yes ⓘ
traditionalHousing cedar plank houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Lhéchalosem ⓘ
Nooksack language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Nooksack River valley ⓘ
linked to: Nooksack Valley

northwestern Washington State ⓘ
treatyHistory affected by 19th-century U.S. treaties in Washington Territory ⓘ
tribalEnrollmentBasis lineal descent ⓘ
tribalHeadquarters Deming, Washington ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for Nooksack language orthographies) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nooksack language → endonym → Nooksack ⓘ