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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 ...
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 .
The tribes are known in English as: the Colville, Nespelem, Sanpoil, Lakes (after the Arrow Lakes of British Columbia, or Sinixt), Palus, Wenatchi, Chelan, Entiat, Methow, southern Okanagan, Sinkiuse-Columbia, and Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band. Some members of the Spokane tribe also settled the Colville reservation after it was established.
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanagan: sx̌ʷy̓ʔiłpx sqlxʷúlaʔxʷ) [1] is the federally recognized tribe that controls the Colville Indian Reservation, which is located in northeastern Washington, United States. It is the government for its people.
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 ...
The last four officially recognized chiefs of the San Poil Tribe were Que Que Tas (b. 1822-d.1905), his son Nespelem George (b. 1863-d. January 29, 1929), Skolaskin, and Jim James. The mother of Que Que Tas was a woman chief who met Lewis and Clark on the great plateau when they came through on the Pacific Northwest Expedition.
A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized tribes in the continental United States Legal/Statistical Area Description [ 2 ] Tribe(s)
Nespelem Community is located at (48.162518, -118.987920 [ 4 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 23.1 square miles (59.9 km 2 ), of which, 23.1 square miles (59.8 km 2 ) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2 ) of it (0.09%) is water.