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The Northwest Indian College Cooperative Extension's mission is to provide: Financial Literacy, Traditional Plants and Foods, Youth Development, Food Sovereignty and Cultural Arts education to the NWIC and Lummi Reservation community.

Weavers Teaching Weavers @ Silver Reef Casino on the Lummi Nation. Register now with Ruth Solomon . rsolomon@nwic.edu
05/27/2026

Weavers Teaching Weavers @ Silver Reef Casino on the Lummi Nation. Register now with Ruth Solomon . [email protected]

05/27/2026

NWIC’s Financial Wellness Retreat for Native Communities was a fun filled financial wellness success! We had a full house, all 50 seats registered and still squeezed in a few walk-in’s for a total of 60 in attendance. Our participants included, Lummi Nation community members, NWIC students, NWIC staff, Lummi Nation Men&Women Homes, Community Elders, and Sobriety Groups. USBank sponsored education, gas cards from Lummi Commercial Co., Raffle Prizes, each participant a winner, laptop and IPad giveaways, and lunch buffet. Great time working on our connection to wellness, financial literacy, and indigenous rooted wellness discussions, sharing, eating together, and fellowship.

Thank you to:
USBank
NWIC Cooperative Extension
NWIC Sponsored Programs
NWIC Indigenous Health Education
NWIC Chemical Dependency Faculty
Balance Collective, LLC
Silver Reef Casino
Lummi Commercial Co
Sche’lang’en Crossroads Clean&Sober homes
Lummi Men’s Home

05/18/2026

Great workshop with Career Advising Dept, Cooperative Extension, NWIC students, and community members planning to bloom for success and planting seeds. Calendula Flowers & 3 Sisters seeds

May & June Make & Takes: Traditional Plants Dept/Aromatherapy Body Care Workshops. Pre-Register to secure your spot. con...
05/18/2026

May & June Make & Takes: Traditional Plants Dept/Aromatherapy Body Care Workshops. Pre-Register to secure your spot. contact: Lora Boome [email protected] or [email protected]. Provide your name and class description to register for a spot.(Lummi Campus)

Come join us at our neighborhood local🥰NWIC Library! The Spoken Word Poetry of Renee Roman Nose, open opportunity to pr...
05/12/2026

Come join us at our neighborhood local🥰NWIC Library!
The Spoken Word Poetry of Renee Roman Nose, open opportunity to practice creation of your own poetry. Honoring our Voices through Poetry. Promoting Oral Traditions from Historical to Contemporary Times. https://www.facebook.com/NorthwestIndianCollegeLummiLibrary

*Registration is now open*seats available while open* Financial Wellness for Native Communities Retreat. This two-part s...
04/25/2026

*Registration is now open*seats available while open* Financial Wellness for Native Communities Retreat. This two-part series presents a holistic, indigenous-rooted approach to financial literacy, grounded in community strength and resilience. The retreat will feature five knowledgeable presenters who will lead engaging discussions on how financial practices can be used as tools to support a healing mindset, strengthen identity, and promote growth. Participants will receive foundational training in essential financial literacy skills, including basic budgeting and introductory strategies for credit building and credit repair.
Participants who successfully attend both days, are eligible for giveaways, participant rewards, and prize opportunities of great value for the winners to start their financial path to success. Five course lunch buffet will also be provided at every session.**CEU registration required* Email: [email protected] provide your name and contact information. Must be 16 years or older.**participants must complete both sessions to obtain gift cards, giveaways and prizes**raffle will be done at end of day 2 and must be present to receive**

Save the Date * Join us at our Financial Wellness for Native Communities Retreat. Next two Wednesdays Part 1: 4/29/26 an...
04/23/2026

Save the Date * Join us at our Financial Wellness for Native Communities Retreat. Next two Wednesdays Part 1: 4/29/26 and Part 2: 5/6/26 11am-1pm. Silver Reef Casino. Lunch provided.** Pre-registration for CEU required to ensure a seat at circle.*
A holistic-indigenous rooted approach to financial literacy. Learning, Reflection, Connection, and Resting in where you are at and application of applying teachings. Financial balance and wellness is a part of complete wellness. Sit in the learning circle on discussion and training as we reflect, learn financial tools, and seek to apply them and improve ourselves and our generations. Focusing on basic tools of financial literacy or re-establishing basic foundations. Reflections on promoting and building identity, growth, and a healing mindset, healthy financial balance. email: [email protected] with your name, contact and request to register for retreat. reference: Financial Wellness Retreat

Sign up while spots last. 10 open spots. Starts tomorrow**4:30pm. see flyer. We have the opportunity to have a well-know...
04/07/2026

Sign up while spots last. 10 open spots. Starts tomorrow**4:30pm. see flyer. We have the opportunity to have a well-known weaver, Althea Wilson. Email [email protected] to get your spot. BIO on instructor: Althea Wilson, a Lummi tribal member is alumni of NWIC, bachelor's degree in Native Environmental Science at the Northwest Indian College. Her father is the late Cluxten, James Wilson, Lummi Nation -father’s mother was Margaret Solomon of the Lummi Nation. – her parents Mary and Joseph Solomon. Her discipline focused on the documentary film based on an old village site of the Lummi people along the Nooksack River, where they fished at the mouth of Nooksack mainly after the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855. This film project is her culminating work. She earned first place in the undergraduate division at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference for this research project. Althea is a documentary filmmaker and cedar weaver, her work focuses on indigenous knowledge in the Salish Sea, social justice. She is a life-long resident of the traditional lands of the Lummi People. And is a direct descendent of original people of the Lummi Territory. She learned to weave in 2006. She believes weaving is an ancestral gift and revitalizing to our cultural.

This week’s Cooperative Extension: Financial Literacy topic is: Tax Extensions• While you can quickly request more time ...
04/07/2026

This week’s Cooperative Extension: Financial Literacy topic is: Tax Extensions
• While you can quickly request more time to file your return, filing extension does not grant you more time to pay your taxes. Request an extension and pay any taxes due, or if you can’t pay the full amount apply online for a payment plan. www.irs.gov/extensions
• If you need more time to file your taxes, request an extension by April 15. This gives you six months more to file without penalties. However, make sure you pay any tax you owe by the April filing date or apply online for a payment plan: www.irs.gov/extensions
• An extension gives you six more months to file, but you must still pay your tax balance on time. Learn about extensions or how to request a payment plan at: www.irs.gov/extensions

*This is an educational tax tip shared by the NWIC VITA site provided by IRS.* The VITA site does not provide legal tax advice.*The information posted in general information and can be located on the IRS links , refer to IRS for additional information or contact the IRS*

Registration open: Starts: April 13th. Introduction to canoe building workshops. Two consecutive workshops will provide ...
04/03/2026

Registration open: Starts: April 13th. Introduction to canoe building workshops. Two consecutive workshops will provide participants with hands on experience in fundamentals of canoe building, discussion and reflections on the processes. Insight into the cultural significance and history of canoes in Indigenous communities. Exploration of personal identity and connection to canoe building traditions. Opportunity to learn under Master Canoe builder, Joseph Mamac , a well known craftsman who holds a family legacy in canoe building knowledge, lifelong passion for the craft and sea, and decades of paddling skills in canoe races around the world. Along with his assistant Elias Mamac also an experience canoe builder and paddler. Email [email protected] with course: ARTD188U Introduction to canoe building in subject line.

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2522 Kwina Road, Bldg 20
Bellingham, WA
98226

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
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