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The first smallpox epidemic to hit the region was in the 1680s, with the disease travelling overland from Mexico by intertribal transmission. [12] Among losses due to diseases, and a series of earlier epidemics that had wiped out many peoples entirely, e.g. the Snokomish in 1850, a smallpox epidemic broke out among the Northwest tribes in 1862, killing roughly half the affected native ...
A tribal council was formed in response to the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.They were the first tribes to organize a tribal government under the act. [10] Under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, the tribal council was finally able to begin gradually taking over management of law enforcement, [17] justice, forestry, wildlife, and health and human services ...
The Salish Sea (/ ˈ s eɪ l ɪ ʃ / SAY-lish) is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington.It includes the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, and an intricate network of connecting channels and adjoining waterways.
English: Map of Coast Salish linguistic distribution in the early to mid 1800s This file was derived from: Canada British Columbia location map.svg; USA Washington location map.svg
The Salish got horses from the Shoshone, [1]: 350 and the animal changed the life of the people. When they had had only dogs, the Salish had paid no special attention to the American bison, [1]: 345 which they had hunted just like deer and elk. Newly acquired mounts made it possible to overtake the American bison and the secured meat and skins ...
January 2022 marked the beginning of the first full season of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes managing the site. [42] New exhibits in the visitors center were the result of cultural committees from each tribe getting the correct history where the USFWS was unable to provide resources to improve the information being displayed. [43]
The Pauquachin hold title to and live on three reservations on the Saanich Inlet south of Mill Bay and in the Goldstream and Highlands Districts at the southern end of the Finlayson Arm and at the mouth of the Goldstream River– Coles Bay (Indian Reserve #3), Hatch Point (Indian Reserve #12), and Goldstream (Indian Reserve #13), with the Goldstream reserve claim being shared along with the ...