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Colville Tribes. The Colville Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in the Northwestern United States, in north central Washington, inhabited and managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which are federally recognized. Established in 1872, the reservation currently consists of 2,825,000 acres (4,410 sq mi; 11,430 km ...
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation: 833 4,215 Southeastern Grays Harbor County and southwestern Thurston County: Colville Indian Reservation: 9,353 1,400,000 Primarily in the southeastern section of Okanogan County and the southern half of Ferry County: Cowlitz Reservation: 4,800 152 Ridgefield, WA (Clark County) Hoh Indian ...
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. It was a large area encompassing a wide variety of habitats and resources. Later the reservation was reduced, and some of the best lands were excluded, made available ...
Spokane people. The Spokan or Spokane people are a Native American Plateau tribe who inhabit the eastern portion of present-day Washington state and parts of northern Idaho in the United States of America. The current Spokane Indian Reservation is located in northeastern Washington state, centered at Wellpinit (Sčecuwe). [5]
The Spokane Falls were the tribe's center of trade and fishing. The Spokane consisted of three bands that lived along the Spokane River. [4] The Spokane people shared their culture and Salishan language family with several other tribes, including the Coeur d' Alenes, Kalispels, Pend Oreilles, Flatheads, Kootenays, and Colvilles among others. [4]
The tribe refused to sign a treaty proposed by the US government in 1872. In 1875, there were only 395 Lower Kalispel. Non-Natives claimed reservation lands under the Homestead Act, and economic opportunities for tribal members were minimal. In 1965, the average tribal member's income was $1,400, and there was only one telephone for the entire ...
Chewelah, [2] Spokane. The Pend d'Oreille or Pend d'Oreilles (/ ˌpɒndəˈreɪ / PON-də-RAY), also known as the Kalispel (/ ˈkæləspɛl /), [3] are Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau. Today many of them live in Montana and eastern Washington of the United States. The Kalispel peoples referred to their primary tribal range as Kaniksu.
In order to become a federally recognized, tribes must meet certain requirements. The Bureau of Indian affairs defines a federally recognized tribe as an American Indian or Alaska Native tribal entity that is recognized having a government-to-government relationship with the United States, with the responsibilities, powers, limitations, and obligations attached to that designation, and is ...