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Lummi Island Historical Society
Lummi Island Historical Society
Our heritage and history for future generations
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Category: <span>Timeline</span>

Category: Timeline

All timeline stories.

Point Elliott Treaty

The treaty established the Suquamish Port Madison, Tulalip, Swin-a-mish (Swinomish), and Lummi reservations.

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Beach Grocery Property Acquired

The acreage on which the “Beach Store” on Lummi Island was built was purchased by Elizabeth Margaret Turney Richards in December 1901 for the …

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the Nuh-Lummis

By the eighteenth century, the ethnic group known as the Nuh-Lummis had spread all over the north Puget Sound country and included the Lummi …

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Salish people

By the fourteenth century, the Salish people had expanded through all the islands, and had grown to a large and extensive race.

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Salishean culture

The Marpole culture had died out, and the beginning of the Salishean culture is found. It was primarily a marine-based culture with a fine …

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Aerial view of Lummi Island

Aerial view of Lummi Island

Lummi Island and vicinity in Bellingham Bay, Washington. 30 June 2023, 12:51:26 by Wikipedia User: Dicklyon – Richard (Dick) Francis Lyon Camera Location 48° …

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Marpole culture

First evidence of the development of the Marpole culture in the San Juan Islands: The Marpole culture was a land-based hunting people with little …

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We would like to acknowledge that Lummi Island is situated on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish Peoples, who have lived in the Salish Sea basin, throughout the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades watershed, from time immemorial. Our deepest respect and gratitude for our Indigenous neighbours, the Lummi Nation, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.