Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau
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The Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau are Indigenous peoples of the inland Pacific Northwest whose cultures, economies, and spiritual traditions have long been centered on the region’s river systems, salmon fisheries, and plateau landscapes.
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IndigenousPeoplesCollective
ⓘ
culturalRegion ⓘ |
| engageIn |
culturalRevitalization
ⓘ
fisheriesCoManagement ⓘ languageRevitalization ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
intertribalTrade
ⓘ
rootFeasts ⓘ salmonCeremonies ⓘ seasonalRound ⓘ sweatLodgeCeremonies ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalImpactFrom |
Columbia River damConstruction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S.IndianTreatiesOfThe19thCentury ⓘ reservationSystem ⓘ |
| hasKeyEconomicActivity |
berryHarvesting
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ riverineTrade ⓘ rootDigging ⓘ salmonFishing ⓘ |
| hasKeyGeographicFeature |
Columbia River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fraser River NERFINISHED ⓘ Snake River NERFINISHED ⓘ plateauLandscapes ⓘ |
| hasKeySpiritualFocus |
plateauLandscapes
ⓘ
riverSystems ⓘ salmon ⓘ |
| includesTribe |
Cayuse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coeur d’Alene NERFINISHED ⓘ Colville NERFINISHED ⓘ Flathead (Salish) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalispel NERFINISHED ⓘ Kootenai NERFINISHED ⓘ Nez Perce NERFINISHED ⓘ Okanagan (Syilx) NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuswap (Secwepemc) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spokane Tribe of Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Umatilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Walla Walla NERFINISHED ⓘ Warm Springs tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Columbia Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Inland Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| traditionalSubsistenceBase |
anadromousFishRuns
ⓘ
berries ⓘ deer ⓘ elk ⓘ rootsSuchAsCamas ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoriesInclude |
eastern Washington
ⓘ
northeastern Oregon ⓘ northern Idaho ⓘ southern British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ western Montana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLanguageFamily |
Interior Salish languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kutenai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau Penutian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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