Questions and Answers about the Plateau Indians
questions & answers
about the Spokane Tribe of Indians
and native people who lived in Columbia River area before Europeans came
ABOUT THIS AREA
Who are the Plateau Indians?
Where did they live?
Who are the Spokane Indians?
Where did the Spokanes live?
How long have they been here?
Who were their neighbors?
What was the weather like?
What did the landscape look like?
What animals were there?
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Did they always live here?
Where did they come from?
What language did they speak?
What did their neighbors speak?
What did their writing look like?
What was their early history?
800-1200 : Classic Plateau Culture
1200-1600 : Coastal Influences
1600-1800s : Plains Influences
1700-1800s : The Horse
What was 'to buffalo'?
Did they go to War?
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Did they have a government?
What was the role of the Chief?
What were families like?
Were there rich people?
What was their childhood like?
When did they become adults?
Did they have marriage?
What did they do with their dead?
DAILY LIFE
Did they live in towns?
What were their houses like?
What did they eat?
Did they ever starve?
What did they wear?
What did they look like?
Did they own things?
What did they do for fun?
What did they do in summer?
What did they do in winter?
How did they travel?
What was their medicine?
RELIGION, ART and MYTHOLOGY
Did they have a religion?
What holidays did the celebrate?
What was the guardian-spirit quest?
What were Firstling Rites?
What was the Spirit Dance?
What were their myths?
What kind of art did they have?
DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE COMING OF EUROPEANS
Change prior to the Europeans
The Prophet Dance
Smallpox and Epidemics
The Coming of the Europeans
Who were the first Europeans in the area?
Traders
The Fur Trade
Missionaries
Gold Miners
Settlers
1860-1930 : The Dark Years
The Upward Climb - 1830 to Now
Cultural Assimilation
What are the Current Issues
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