Spokane Tribe of Indians
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The Spokane Tribe of Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of the Interior Salish people whose ancestral homelands are in what is now eastern Washington State.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spokane Tribe of Indians canonical | 3 |
| Spokane Tribal Council | 1 |
| Spokane Tribal Enterprises | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5220095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spokane Tribe of Indians Context triple: [Spokane Indians, usesNameFrom, Spokane Tribe of Indians]
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A.
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are a federally recognized coalition of Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d’Oreille peoples based on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, known for their strong efforts in cultural preservation, language revitalization, and natural resource stewardship.
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B.
Puyallup Tribe
The Puyallup Tribe is a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest centered around the Puyallup River and Puget Sound area in Washington State, known for its rich cultural traditions, fishing rights, and active role in regional governance and economic development.
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C.
Tulalip Tribes
The Tulalip Tribes are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Washington State, composed primarily of Coast Salish peoples and known for their sovereign governance, cultural revitalization, and economic enterprises such as gaming and tourism.
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D.
Nooksack Indian Tribe
The Nooksack Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Washington State, known for its efforts to preserve its cultural heritage and revitalize the Nooksack language.
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E.
Yakama Nation
The Yakama Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in south-central Washington State, known for its rich cultural traditions, treaty-reserved fishing rights on the Columbia River, and stewardship of extensive ancestral lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spokane Tribe of Indians Target entity description: The Spokane Tribe of Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of the Interior Salish people whose ancestral homelands are in what is now eastern Washington State.
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A.
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are a federally recognized coalition of Salish, Kootenai, and Pend d’Oreille peoples based on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, known for their strong efforts in cultural preservation, language revitalization, and natural resource stewardship.
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B.
Puyallup Tribe
The Puyallup Tribe is a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest centered around the Puyallup River and Puget Sound area in Washington State, known for its rich cultural traditions, fishing rights, and active role in regional governance and economic development.
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C.
Tulalip Tribes
The Tulalip Tribes are a federally recognized Native American tribe in Washington State, composed primarily of Coast Salish peoples and known for their sovereign governance, cultural revitalization, and economic enterprises such as gaming and tourism.
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D.
Nooksack Indian Tribe
The Nooksack Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Washington State, known for its efforts to preserve its cultural heritage and revitalize the Nooksack language.
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E.
Yakama Nation
The Yakama Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in south-central Washington State, known for its rich cultural traditions, treaty-reserved fishing rights on the Columbia River, and stewardship of extensive ancestral lands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people of the United States
ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ |
| ancestralHomeland |
Columbia Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spokane River region NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Washington State ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalArea | Plateau culture area ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Interior Salish peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Spokane Tribal Business Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContemporaryReligion | Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
longhouse ceremonies
ⓘ
powwows ⓘ traditional salmon fishing ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
gaming
ⓘ
natural resource management ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | tribal government ⓘ |
| hasMembershipType | enrolled tribal members ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryReligion | Native American traditional religion ⓘ |
| hasProgram | Spokane Tribal College (historical/educational programs) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReservation | Spokane Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquarters | Wellpinit, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Salishan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington State
|
| operates |
Spokane Tribal Enterprises
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spokane Tribe Casino NERFINISHED ⓘ Two Rivers Resort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | sovereign tribal nation ⓘ |
| recognizedAsOf | 20th century ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| region |
Inland Northwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Coeur d'Alene Tribe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colville Tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Flathead Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalispel Tribe of Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reservationLocatedIn |
Lincoln County, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spokane County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Stevens County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Salish peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Interior Salish language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spokane language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalRiver |
Columbia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spokane River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| treatyPartyTo | Treaty with the Spokane (1887) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spokane Tribe of Indians Description of subject: The Spokane Tribe of Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of the Interior Salish people whose ancestral homelands are in what is now eastern Washington State.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Spokane Tribal Council
this entity surface form:
Spokane Tribal Enterprises