The Nooksack Tribe of Washington will be honoring the oldest member of its community next month.
Beatrice Cline turns 100 on July 16. She was born into the Snoqualmie Tribe but became part of the Nooksack Tribe after she married a Nooksack man.
She now has six children, 26 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren. Two more great-great-grandchildren are on the way.
The tribe's ceremony for Cline will be held July 5.
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(The Bellingham Herald 6/19)
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