[1] Noble began working at the newly established Boston Indian Council in several different roles beginning in 1972.

[1] These Native Americans included a significant population of Mi'kmaq, who, like Noble, had migrated to Boston from Canada in search of work and opportunities.

[2] Noble, as an important member of the Boston Indian Council, was a key figure in the establishment of Tecumseh House.

[2] The facility, which is located in Jamaica Plain, was the Boston area's first Native American halfway house and outpatient center.

[2] She began writing her most well known work, Sweet Grass: Lives of Contemporary Native Women, the same year that she graduated.

[1] Noble continued her higher education by earning a graduate certificate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Fellowship Program in 1989.

[1] She visited the Whitefish River Reserve in Ontario, Canada, as part of her graduate studies, where she met many of her extended relatives.