Nooksack Indian Tribe

The Nooksack Tribal Library in Washington will replace outdated computers and provide updated software, in addition to partnering with the Nooksack Culture Department and the Cultural Committee to implement interactive language software and virtual reality viewings of Tribal elder videos, historically important places and events, and culturally important places that many Tribal members have never seen. VR cultural programming will showcase elders sharing oral histories, traditions, and preserved sites in 360-degree videos viewable through headset goggles. This tangible time travel experience will deliver inherited wisdom directly from elders to youth to powerfully instill cultural identity and continuity. Language software will reintroduce the Nooksack dialect in engaging ways to enroll new speakers.