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The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) is a non-profit tribal advisory organization in Portland, Oregon, run and organized by participating tribes. [1] It was established in 1972 to focus on four areas as they pertain to the health of Native people: health promotion and disease prevention, legislative and policy analysis ...
Domestic dependent nation. within the United States. • Recognized. 1971. The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Pacific County, Washington, United States. [3] The tribe is descended from the Lower Chehalis and the Willapa (Shoalwater) Chinook peoples. [1][2][4] In 2016, the tribe had 373 enrolled ...
English and formerly Upper and Lower Chehalis languages [2] Religion. traditional tribal religion. The Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation is a federally recognized tribe located in Southwest Washington. They are a part of the Northern Straits branch Central Coast Salish peoples of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast.
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Nick Lewis, a member of the Lummi Indian business council and chairman of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, said Bellingham and Whatcom County are setting policy of “helping but ...
Northwest Intertribal Court System, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation. Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board The 43 federally recognized tribes of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. —2005 Honorees— High Honors: Akwesasne Freedom School, Akwesasne Mohawk Nation. Flandreau Police Department, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.
The Stillaguamish people and their ancestors have lived in the region for thousands of years. Although the first humans could have arrived in the Pacific Northwest as early as 30,000 years ago, the first permanent human habitation of western Washington began 12,000 to 13,000 years ago after the last glacial maximum ended and the Vashon Glacier retreated. [7]
The Swinomish Indian Reservation is the reservation of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, located on Fidalgo Island in western Washington state. The western boundary of the reservation is disputed between the Swinomish Tribe and the United States government. De facto, the reservation is around 15 square miles (39 km 2; 9,600 acres) in size.