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Group of Nooksack Indians with Old Tolowie, ca 1903 (MOHAI 6485)

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The traditional lands of the Nooksack people once stretched along the Nooksack River and up into southern British Columbia. Bad weather kept them from signing the 1855 Port Gamble Treaty in which area tribes received reservation land. By the 1870s, the Nooksack had lost many members to smallpox and most of their land to settlers. It took until 1973 for the tribe to be recognized by the federal government.

In this photo, taken around 1903 by Urban P. Hadley, a group of Nooksack Indians are gathered outside a house somewhere in Whatcom County. Old Tolowie, the man seated in the center, was reputed to be 145 years old at the time.

Full title: Group of Nooksack Indians with Old Tolowie, reputed to be 145 years old, in center.

Subjects (LCTGM): Families; Houses; Nooksack Indians

People: Tolowie, Nooksack Indian

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1903
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