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The Nespelem people belong to one of twelve aboriginal Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington. They lived primarily near the banks of the Nespelem River , an Upper Columbia River tributary, in an area now known as Nespelem, Washington , located on the Colville Indian Reservation.
In 1872, the Colville tribe was relocated to an Indian reservation in eastern Washington named after them. [3] It is inhabited and managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is a federally recognized tribe comprising twelve bands. The twelve bands are the Methow, Okanogan, Arrow Lakes, Sanpoil, Colville, Nespelem ...
The Nez Perce (not including the small group re-located to Colville) are located on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation in West central Idaho along the Clearwater River. In 1872, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation was formed by executive order under President Ulysses S. Grant for the purpose of occupying the Colville Reservation ...
Nespelem District: The west-central portion of the reservation, including the Nespelem Valley and part of the city of Coulee Dam. The Reservation Headquarters is located in the district on the Bureau of Indian Affairs Agency campus near the town of Nespelem.
Nespelem art was both a movement and art colony focused on Native Americans, located in the Nespelem River area of Washington, home to the Colville Confederated Tribes. Established around 1937, artists were called upon to record Native American culture and the history of a group of significant individuals involved with American Indian events of ...
Nespelem is a town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. The population was 180 at the 2020 census . The town is located on the Colville Indian Reservation .
Ross classifies Nespelem as one of the Okanagan tribes, while Winans classifies them as part of the Sanpoil. [5] There is little cultural and linguistic difference between the San Poil and the Nespelem. In 1905, the United States Indian Office counted 324 Sanpoil and 41 Nespelem. In 1910, the Census counted 240 and 46.
Nespelem may also refer to: Nespelem, Washington, a city in eastern Washington state. Nespelem River, a tributary of the Columbia River. Nespelem (tribe), a Native American tribe; Nespelem (art), an art movement and colony located in the Nespelem, Washington area; Nespelem, a stern-wheel steamboat later named the Robert Young