Historical Readings about the Spokane Indians
HISTORY
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CULTURE
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DOCUMENTS
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MAPS
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Pithouse Project
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OTHER
History
Children of the Sun
- a history of the Spokane Indians
A Spokane Tribal Timeline
of important events
A Short History of the Spokane Indians
The Indians of the Columbia Plain
On the Salish Language
Indians Tribes of Washington Territory
- a report by George Gibbs from 1854
Establishing the Reservation 1877-1910
Link:
Spokan Gerry 1811-1892
Link:
Spokane Gerry
- from The Inlander 9-2008 [
cached
]
Link:
Chief Gerry
from Wikipedia 38.107.191.
more resources are available in the school
Maps
Native Culture Map
c. 1800
Plateau Tribes
Link:
North American Culture Map
Documents
The Peace Treaty of 1858
Executive Order of 1881
comments from
Lewis & Clark
(1805-6)
Gibbs on the Spokanes
(1848)
Ft. Spokane
by Beth Gibson
A Reminiscence of
life at the Fort Wright Indian School
A newspaper article
on the Indian School
(2000)
Culture
Nicholas Point (a Jesuit priest) on the Salish
(1840s)
Nancy Wynecoop on early life in Wellpinit
The Sanpoil Vision Quest
Hunting and Fishing
A Local Indian Calendar
Indian Life before the Europeans
Food and Medical Plants
The Camas Root
The PITHOUSE Project
Pithouses of the Plateau Indians
PIT HOUSEs and EXTENDED TIPIs of the Plateau Indians
Picture of the Nicola Pithouse
Other
Ishi - The last Yahi
- T. T. Waterman (1917)
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