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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 ...
The Confederated Tribes and the Colville Indian Reservation are governed by the Colville Business Council. [5] From its administrative headquarters located at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Agency at Nespelem, the Colville Business Council oversees a diverse, multi-million-dollar administration that employs from 800 to 1,200 individuals in ...
Through its influence nearly all the upper Columbia tribes were Christianized. [3] 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 ...
The Colville’s other three casinos, which operate under the 12 Tribes name, are on its reservation in the Ritzville about 75 miles north of Pasco. The Colville can open up to six casinos in ...
The Confederated Tribes have over 9,000 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes. In addition to the Entiat, the tribes are known in English as the Colville, the Nespelem, the Sanpoil, the Lake , the Palus, the Wenatchi, the Chelan, the Methow, the southern Okanagan, the Sinkiuse-Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band.
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They are one of the Salish peoples and are one of the twelve members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The name Sanpoil comes from the Okanagan [snpʕ w ílx], "gray as far as one can see". It has been folk-etymologized as coming from the French sans poil, "without fur". [1] The Yakama people know the tribe as Hai-ai'-nlma ...