Marietta Band of Nooksacks

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The Marietta Band of Nooksacks , including Marietta Band of Nooksack Indians or Marietta Band of the Nooksack Tribe , is one of about 400 of the Government of the United States not as an Indian tribe recognized ethnic groups (non-Federally Recognized Tribes, as of 2012). The tribe, or sub- or sub-trunk (band) lives in the state of Washington , near the border with Canada . The name is derived from the place Marietta-Alderwood , west of Bellingham in Whatcom County , where 138 Indians were counted in 2010. The band is one of the so-called Tribal Governments , with which territorial sovereign tasks are connected.

Incorrectly, the band is sometimes considered state recognized, but according to the Governor's Office of Indian Affairs in 2008, there are no Washington state recognized tribes at all . In total, however, there are 29 Indian tribes recognized by the federal government , as well as 12 tribes that are not recognized by the federal government . Culturally, the Marietta Band is counted among the coastal Salish , like all Nooksack . In Washington alone there are seven unrecognized so-called bands that belong to the coastal Salish. The Marietta Band is one of those ethnic groups who tried to establish themselves as a political unit beyond the tribes.

The tribe is listed in numerous lists as an unrecognized tribe. It is even mentioned in the national census of 2000, but no figures appear there. As in many of these bands, tribal membership is defined differently than federal agencies, as many of the tribes marry. According to colonial logic, the father determines the tribal affiliation, but most Salish belong to two tribes, according to their marriage practice. In many cases, the definition is taken even broader, or there are no sharp delimitations at all. Accordingly, it is not possible to determine the number of members of non-recognized tribes more precisely, unless the tribe itself has given itself a corresponding constitution with clear definitions. The Chief or Chair of the Marietta Band is Robert Davis, Jr., based in Bellingham .

For archaeological finds, especially human remains, all tribes, including those not recognized by the state, have the option to intervene under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) if they believe that these finds are related to their tribe stand. The addressee for the Marietta tribe is the Paul H. Karshner Memorial Museum in Puyallup , which is subordinate to the National Park Service and thus the Department of the Interior of the United States . The addressee of the Department of Archeology and Preservation is the Marietta chief , ie "The Honorable Robert Davis, Jr. Chief".

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  1. ^ Report to the Honorable Dan Boren, House of Representatives , United States Government Accountability Office, April 2012.
  2. ↑ On these unrecognized tribes cf. David Arv Bragi: Invisible Indians. Mixed-blood Native Americans who are Not Enrolled in Federally Recognized Tribes , Grail Media, Tucson 2005.
  3. ^ According to the map in Dorothea M. Susag: Roots and Branches. A Resource of Native American Literature: Themes, Lessons, and Bibliographies , National Council of Teachers of English, 1998, p. 242.
  4. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. 2010 Demographic Profile Data , Marietta-Alderwood.
  5. ^ Resolution No. Bonney Lake City Council 2451 , where the Marietta Band of the Nooksack Tribe is performed.
  6. ^ For example, David E. Wilkins: American Indian Politics and the American Political System , Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2007, p. 27.
  7. ^ US Federally Non-Recognized Tribes .
  8. ↑ Sharon Michelle Fortney: Forging New Partnerships: Coast Salish Communities and Museums , thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2009, Tab. 10, p. 336.
  9. ↑ Bruce G. Miller: The individual, the collective, and tribal code , in: American Indian culture and research journal 21 (1997) 107-129.
  10. ↑ Census 2000 PHC-T-18. American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes in Washington: 2000, US Census Bureau (Excel table; 281 kB).
  11. ^ Tribal Directory & Map. Federally Recognized Tribes of Washington State , Indian-Ed.org
  12. ↑ Federal Register Vol. 76, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 29, 2011 / Notices, 73666 , PDF.
  13. ^ Contact list of Washington Archeology.