The Nooksack (/ˈnʊksæk/; Nooksack: Noxwsʼáʔaq) are a federally recognized Native American people in northwestern Washington state in the United States. The tribe lives in the mainland northwest corner of the state near the small town of Deming (in western Whatcom County). They have more than 1,800 enrolled members.
In 1971, the tribe was ceded a one-acre (4,000m²) reservation after they received federal recognition status from the United States government. They subsequently have increased reservation land to 2,500 acres (10km²), including 65 acres (260,000m2) of tribally owned trust land. Like most Northwest Coast indigenous peoples, prior to European settlement, the Nooksack relied on fishing as well as gathering for sustenance. Decisions in the 1970s have affirmed their traditional rights.
As of the 2000 census, the Nooksack Indian Reservation, at 48°53′03″N122°20′54″W / 48.88417°N 122.34833°W / 48.88417; -122.34833 in Whatcom County, had a resident population of 547 persons living on 2,720 acres (11km2)) of land. Of these residents, 373 persons, or 68.2 percent, identified as being solely of Native American ancestry.
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published: 26 Nov 2024
The Nooksack River Needs Water Management Solutions
Whatcom County routinely experiences widespread flooding in the winter months. But this past late fall and winter was one of the worst on record and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages in nearby Abbotsford, BC and about $100 million in damages and one death in Whatcom County.
As we have shifted into recovery mode it is crucial to look beyond short term fixes and focus on the problems that got us here. Climate change is clearly going to be with us for some time, and is almost certainly contributing to the overabundance of water in our aquifers, river and streams in the winter.
It also leads to a shortage of sufficient water in our streams and rivers in the summer. That means this dual problem, already dire, will likely continue to accelerate. The problems have been understood for so...
published: 16 Mar 2022
Nooksack Protocol
2012 Canoe Journey at Squaxin Island Tribe
published: 13 Aug 2013
Nooksack Falls like you've never seen! (...from a drone)
For waterfall lovers! The only authorized viewpoint for the 88-foot Nooksack Falls on the North Fork of the Nooksack River in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest gives a rather limited view of the falls. Many people have tried to go below or opposite the falls to get a better look and 11 have paid with their lives. To be honest, this is what drones are made for- to go where people can't- kind of like space probes for Planet Earth.
published: 12 Aug 2016
The Nooksack River: Nature of Change
This animated video was developed as a complement to the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) work underway in the Nooksack River basin. Starting in 2018, Whatcom County took the innovative and collaborative step to expand its Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Planning process to include management of the floodplain for ecosystem health, salmon recovery and viable agriculture in addition to flood hazard reduction. The FLIP Steering Committee is comprised of staff from Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Whatcom County and Ag Water Board. To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee at: https://whatcomcounty.us/2571/Current-Planning
Credit List:
Animation by Lariat Creative
Illustrated by Bradley Lockhart and Elizabeth Kraus
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published: 07 Jul 2021
Disenrolled Nooksack tribal members face eviction
Some 30 minutes northeast of Bellingham in a neighborhood cut out of dense forest, you'll find a group of disenrolled Nooksack Tribe members fighting with all they have to keep their namesake and their homes.
“That’s where we’re all going to have to stand up and we’re not moving. I don’t know what we have to do … it’s going to get ugly,” said Robert Rabang, a disenrolled member of the Nooksack Tribe.
In 2013, the Nooksack Tribal Council began the process of “disenrolling” more than 300 members of the tribe - a group that calls themselves the Nooksack 306.
This winter, 63 of the disenrolled members who remain on tribal-managed land are fighting eviction.
More: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/disenrolled-nooksack-tribal-members-face-eviction/281-965dc408-6e18-4250-8101-1fc23...
published: 09 Feb 2022
Internal battle amongst Nooksack Tribe drawing international attention
Nooksack leadership has disenrollled over 300 now former members. The United Nations wants a halt to the evictions.
published: 08 Feb 2022
Nooksack Valley High School Drone Tour
Pioneer Strength outfitted by Sorinex Exercise Equipment
published: 02 Aug 2017
December 8th 2024 AM Service
published: 09 Dec 2024
Voices of the Nooksack
Explore the Nooksack River from its headwaters at Mount Baker to its mouth at Bellingham Bay. The river provides nourishment, inspiration and life for the people who live along it.
This video was created by Caleb Albright, Christina Becker, Robert Dudzik and Morgan Stilp-Allen for the Advanced Visual Journalism class at Western Washington University during the spring quarter of 2017.
Three families are facing eviction after a years-long battle to remain within the Nooksack Tribe, a place they considered "home" for most of their lives.
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Whatcom County routinely experiences widespread flooding in the winter months. But this past late fall and winter was one of the worst on record and caused an e...
Whatcom County routinely experiences widespread flooding in the winter months. But this past late fall and winter was one of the worst on record and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages in nearby Abbotsford, BC and about $100 million in damages and one death in Whatcom County.
As we have shifted into recovery mode it is crucial to look beyond short term fixes and focus on the problems that got us here. Climate change is clearly going to be with us for some time, and is almost certainly contributing to the overabundance of water in our aquifers, river and streams in the winter.
It also leads to a shortage of sufficient water in our streams and rivers in the summer. That means this dual problem, already dire, will likely continue to accelerate. The problems have been understood for some time. But there has not been the political will and community consensus to solve them.
Will the water crisis of 2021 finally provide the impetus for our community to act? If we do not, our problems will only get worse, and our salmon and our farms will be the ones to suffer.
Learn more at https://whatcomfamilyfarmers.org/2022/03/16/nooksack-river-water-management-solutions-must-address-twin-problems/
Whatcom County routinely experiences widespread flooding in the winter months. But this past late fall and winter was one of the worst on record and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages in nearby Abbotsford, BC and about $100 million in damages and one death in Whatcom County.
As we have shifted into recovery mode it is crucial to look beyond short term fixes and focus on the problems that got us here. Climate change is clearly going to be with us for some time, and is almost certainly contributing to the overabundance of water in our aquifers, river and streams in the winter.
It also leads to a shortage of sufficient water in our streams and rivers in the summer. That means this dual problem, already dire, will likely continue to accelerate. The problems have been understood for some time. But there has not been the political will and community consensus to solve them.
Will the water crisis of 2021 finally provide the impetus for our community to act? If we do not, our problems will only get worse, and our salmon and our farms will be the ones to suffer.
Learn more at https://whatcomfamilyfarmers.org/2022/03/16/nooksack-river-water-management-solutions-must-address-twin-problems/
For waterfall lovers! The only authorized viewpoint for the 88-foot Nooksack Falls on the North Fork of the Nooksack River in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National F...
For waterfall lovers! The only authorized viewpoint for the 88-foot Nooksack Falls on the North Fork of the Nooksack River in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest gives a rather limited view of the falls. Many people have tried to go below or opposite the falls to get a better look and 11 have paid with their lives. To be honest, this is what drones are made for- to go where people can't- kind of like space probes for Planet Earth.
For waterfall lovers! The only authorized viewpoint for the 88-foot Nooksack Falls on the North Fork of the Nooksack River in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest gives a rather limited view of the falls. Many people have tried to go below or opposite the falls to get a better look and 11 have paid with their lives. To be honest, this is what drones are made for- to go where people can't- kind of like space probes for Planet Earth.
This animated video was developed as a complement to the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) work underway in the Nooksack River basin. Starting in 2018, Wha...
This animated video was developed as a complement to the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) work underway in the Nooksack River basin. Starting in 2018, Whatcom County took the innovative and collaborative step to expand its Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Planning process to include management of the floodplain for ecosystem health, salmon recovery and viable agriculture in addition to flood hazard reduction. The FLIP Steering Committee is comprised of staff from Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Whatcom County and Ag Water Board. To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee at: https://whatcomcounty.us/2571/Current-Planning
Credit List:
Animation by Lariat Creative
Illustrated by Bradley Lockhart and Elizabeth Kraus
Storytelling by Tammy Cooper-Woodrich
Developed in collaboration with:
- Frank Lawrence III – Lummi Natural Resources Department
- Kara Kuhlman - Lummi Natural Resources Department
- Ned Currence – Nooksack Tribe Natural and Cultural Resources Department
- Trevor Delgado – Nooksack Tribe Natural and Cultural Resources Department
- John Thompson - Whatcom County
- Paula Harris - Whatcom County
- Deborah Johnson - Whatcom County
- Fred Likkel - Whatcom Family Farmers representing the Ag Water Board
- Gavin Willis – Whatcom Family Farmers representing the Ag Water Board
- Steve Moddemeyer, CollinsWoerman
- Mark Ewbank, Herrera
Design team:
- Bradley Lockhart – Lariat
- Courtney Baxter – The Nature Conservancy
- Ben Knisely - The Nature Conservancy
- Carol Macilroy – Consultant to Floodplains by Design
Thank you to our funders:
- The Nature Conservancy
- Floodplains by Design
- NOAA
To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee.
This animated video was developed as a complement to the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) work underway in the Nooksack River basin. Starting in 2018, Whatcom County took the innovative and collaborative step to expand its Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Planning process to include management of the floodplain for ecosystem health, salmon recovery and viable agriculture in addition to flood hazard reduction. The FLIP Steering Committee is comprised of staff from Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Whatcom County and Ag Water Board. To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee at: https://whatcomcounty.us/2571/Current-Planning
Credit List:
Animation by Lariat Creative
Illustrated by Bradley Lockhart and Elizabeth Kraus
Storytelling by Tammy Cooper-Woodrich
Developed in collaboration with:
- Frank Lawrence III – Lummi Natural Resources Department
- Kara Kuhlman - Lummi Natural Resources Department
- Ned Currence – Nooksack Tribe Natural and Cultural Resources Department
- Trevor Delgado – Nooksack Tribe Natural and Cultural Resources Department
- John Thompson - Whatcom County
- Paula Harris - Whatcom County
- Deborah Johnson - Whatcom County
- Fred Likkel - Whatcom Family Farmers representing the Ag Water Board
- Gavin Willis – Whatcom Family Farmers representing the Ag Water Board
- Steve Moddemeyer, CollinsWoerman
- Mark Ewbank, Herrera
Design team:
- Bradley Lockhart – Lariat
- Courtney Baxter – The Nature Conservancy
- Ben Knisely - The Nature Conservancy
- Carol Macilroy – Consultant to Floodplains by Design
Thank you to our funders:
- The Nature Conservancy
- Floodplains by Design
- NOAA
To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee.
Some 30 minutes northeast of Bellingham in a neighborhood cut out of dense forest, you'll find a group of disenrolled Nooksack Tribe members fighting with all t...
Some 30 minutes northeast of Bellingham in a neighborhood cut out of dense forest, you'll find a group of disenrolled Nooksack Tribe members fighting with all they have to keep their namesake and their homes.
“That’s where we’re all going to have to stand up and we’re not moving. I don’t know what we have to do … it’s going to get ugly,” said Robert Rabang, a disenrolled member of the Nooksack Tribe.
In 2013, the Nooksack Tribal Council began the process of “disenrolling” more than 300 members of the tribe - a group that calls themselves the Nooksack 306.
This winter, 63 of the disenrolled members who remain on tribal-managed land are fighting eviction.
More: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/disenrolled-nooksack-tribal-members-face-eviction/281-965dc408-6e18-4250-8101-1fc23b3866e8
Some 30 minutes northeast of Bellingham in a neighborhood cut out of dense forest, you'll find a group of disenrolled Nooksack Tribe members fighting with all they have to keep their namesake and their homes.
“That’s where we’re all going to have to stand up and we’re not moving. I don’t know what we have to do … it’s going to get ugly,” said Robert Rabang, a disenrolled member of the Nooksack Tribe.
In 2013, the Nooksack Tribal Council began the process of “disenrolling” more than 300 members of the tribe - a group that calls themselves the Nooksack 306.
This winter, 63 of the disenrolled members who remain on tribal-managed land are fighting eviction.
More: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/disenrolled-nooksack-tribal-members-face-eviction/281-965dc408-6e18-4250-8101-1fc23b3866e8
Explore the Nooksack River from its headwaters at Mount Baker to its mouth at Bellingham Bay. The river provides nourishment, inspiration and life for the peopl...
Explore the Nooksack River from its headwaters at Mount Baker to its mouth at Bellingham Bay. The river provides nourishment, inspiration and life for the people who live along it.
This video was created by Caleb Albright, Christina Becker, Robert Dudzik and Morgan Stilp-Allen for the Advanced Visual Journalism class at Western Washington University during the spring quarter of 2017.
Explore the Nooksack River from its headwaters at Mount Baker to its mouth at Bellingham Bay. The river provides nourishment, inspiration and life for the people who live along it.
This video was created by Caleb Albright, Christina Becker, Robert Dudzik and Morgan Stilp-Allen for the Advanced Visual Journalism class at Western Washington University during the spring quarter of 2017.
Three families are facing eviction after a years-long battle to remain within the Nooksack Tribe, a place they considered "home" for most of their lives.
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Whatcom County routinely experiences widespread flooding in the winter months. But this past late fall and winter was one of the worst on record and caused an estimated $1 billion in damages in nearby Abbotsford, BC and about $100 million in damages and one death in Whatcom County.
As we have shifted into recovery mode it is crucial to look beyond short term fixes and focus on the problems that got us here. Climate change is clearly going to be with us for some time, and is almost certainly contributing to the overabundance of water in our aquifers, river and streams in the winter.
It also leads to a shortage of sufficient water in our streams and rivers in the summer. That means this dual problem, already dire, will likely continue to accelerate. The problems have been understood for some time. But there has not been the political will and community consensus to solve them.
Will the water crisis of 2021 finally provide the impetus for our community to act? If we do not, our problems will only get worse, and our salmon and our farms will be the ones to suffer.
Learn more at https://whatcomfamilyfarmers.org/2022/03/16/nooksack-river-water-management-solutions-must-address-twin-problems/
For waterfall lovers! The only authorized viewpoint for the 88-foot Nooksack Falls on the North Fork of the Nooksack River in the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest gives a rather limited view of the falls. Many people have tried to go below or opposite the falls to get a better look and 11 have paid with their lives. To be honest, this is what drones are made for- to go where people can't- kind of like space probes for Planet Earth.
This animated video was developed as a complement to the Floodplain Integrated Planning (FLIP) work underway in the Nooksack River basin. Starting in 2018, Whatcom County took the innovative and collaborative step to expand its Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Planning process to include management of the floodplain for ecosystem health, salmon recovery and viable agriculture in addition to flood hazard reduction. The FLIP Steering Committee is comprised of staff from Lummi Nation, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Whatcom County and Ag Water Board. To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee at: https://whatcomcounty.us/2571/Current-Planning
Credit List:
Animation by Lariat Creative
Illustrated by Bradley Lockhart and Elizabeth Kraus
Storytelling by Tammy Cooper-Woodrich
Developed in collaboration with:
- Frank Lawrence III – Lummi Natural Resources Department
- Kara Kuhlman - Lummi Natural Resources Department
- Ned Currence – Nooksack Tribe Natural and Cultural Resources Department
- Trevor Delgado – Nooksack Tribe Natural and Cultural Resources Department
- John Thompson - Whatcom County
- Paula Harris - Whatcom County
- Deborah Johnson - Whatcom County
- Fred Likkel - Whatcom Family Farmers representing the Ag Water Board
- Gavin Willis – Whatcom Family Farmers representing the Ag Water Board
- Steve Moddemeyer, CollinsWoerman
- Mark Ewbank, Herrera
Design team:
- Bradley Lockhart – Lariat
- Courtney Baxter – The Nature Conservancy
- Ben Knisely - The Nature Conservancy
- Carol Macilroy – Consultant to Floodplains by Design
Thank you to our funders:
- The Nature Conservancy
- Floodplains by Design
- NOAA
To learn more, reach out to anyone from the Floodplain Integrated Planning Steering Committee.
Some 30 minutes northeast of Bellingham in a neighborhood cut out of dense forest, you'll find a group of disenrolled Nooksack Tribe members fighting with all they have to keep their namesake and their homes.
“That’s where we’re all going to have to stand up and we’re not moving. I don’t know what we have to do … it’s going to get ugly,” said Robert Rabang, a disenrolled member of the Nooksack Tribe.
In 2013, the Nooksack Tribal Council began the process of “disenrolling” more than 300 members of the tribe - a group that calls themselves the Nooksack 306.
This winter, 63 of the disenrolled members who remain on tribal-managed land are fighting eviction.
More: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/disenrolled-nooksack-tribal-members-face-eviction/281-965dc408-6e18-4250-8101-1fc23b3866e8
Explore the Nooksack River from its headwaters at Mount Baker to its mouth at Bellingham Bay. The river provides nourishment, inspiration and life for the people who live along it.
This video was created by Caleb Albright, Christina Becker, Robert Dudzik and Morgan Stilp-Allen for the Advanced Visual Journalism class at Western Washington University during the spring quarter of 2017.
Here's a riddle to the answer Anything I cannot hide Head is clumsy, heart is open And only dust and dirt inside And I am screaming, not with my mouth Not even asking all that much Well, I can't set our lazy limelights 'Cause I've been bastardized enough If I can't be your Nagasaki You should please just leave me alone 'Cause my good sir Hiroshima And I think I might explode And if no man can be an island Maybe I will be that no man Little floater in the bathtub I'm half asleep, to weak to stand And here's the riddle to your answer And the sum of human fear Well, I can't drop bombs on my hierarchy When what I have just disappears If I can't be your Nagasaki You should please just leave me alone 'Cause my good sir Hiroshima And I think I might explode I can't be your Nagasaki You should please just leave me alone 'Cause my good sir Hiroshima And I think I might explode
The families have rented their Nooksack-owned homes since the late 1990s and early 2000s through the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, with the goal of Eventual Tenant Ownership ... But we will always be Nooksack.
Considering past and current circumstances, the federal government should quickly devise a plan to keep the families in their homes in Whatcom County... .