Located in northeastern Washington State and bordering the Colville Reservation, is the Anishinabe-Salishan spokan reservation. It has a bitter past and, probably a corrupted history written for them by the whites. Why? The obvious Chippewa presence in that region of North America! In the mid 19th century, the whites initiated an invasion into the California, Oregon, and Washington region. Most of the Indians at the time of that invasion, were subjugated by the military and police totem (the Chippewa's) of the Algonquin Tribe. Starting in the late 1840s, Algonquin soldiers commenced to fight the invading whites who were using Plague Warfare against them, as a means to decimate Indian populations. At the time, the whites had superior weapons (the revolver) and easily dominated the brave soldiers of the Algonquin's. More wars erupted in the 1850s which led Anishinabe ogimak (leaders) to reach an agreement with the whites which ended the fighting by 1859. Part of the agreements obviously included setting aside large areas of land in Oregon and Washington, to be a Reservation for the Chippewa's and the Indian Tribes they subjugated.
A few years after the peace treaty was reached, the corrupted whites once again initiated trouble with the Chippewa controlled land they promised them. In either 1874 or 1876, the Americans illicitly broke treaty promises and commenced to war upon the Chippewa's of Montana who had yet to be defeated. After defeating the Chippewa's of Montana, Chippewa ogimak ordered their soldiers to commence an exodus to the west as told to do in the Seven Fires Prophecy. It was not the Nez Perce who fled east, it was the Chippewa's from Montana who fled to the west, using the Mullan Road. After the United States learned about the exodus they commenced to send soldiers into Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to stop the exodus. They then sent more soldiers to Montana to halt the exodus but Chippewa soldiers commenced another exodus up to Canada. In all, 10,000s of Chippewa's fled into Idaho, Oregon, and Washington which led to the problems in the late 1870s, between ogima Moses and the Chippewa's under his leadership, and the white settlers. In Canada, 10,000s of Chippewa's were led there by ogimak Big Bear and Sitting Bull. To learn more about this corrupted historical event, click here
After the 10,000s of Chippewa's invaded the Idaho, Oregon, and Washington region in the 1876-1877 time period, trouble arose between them and the white settlers in Washington, as well as Idaho and Oregon. In response to the unrest the United States met with ogima Moses who was probably the Chippewa leader who led the 10,000s of Chippewa's into the Idaho, Oregon, and Washington region, from Montana. To calm the terrified Chippewa's, the United States agreed to set aside a new Reservation for them which bordered both the Colville and Yakima Reservations. You'll learn the Columbia Reservation was much smaller but white historians are not being honest about this ancient historical event. The new Reservation was established on April 18, 1879. It did not last long because the whites could not conduct themselves in a brave, honorable, and lawfull manner. In 1882, a treaty was signed between the Anishinabe Nation and the United States, which possibly eradicated the Columbia Reservation.
That possibly occurred on December 8, 1882 when ogima Big Bear took treaty to end the famine the Chippewa's were going through. Earlier in the year a war nearly erupted in Washington. A war nearly occurred because the Chippewa's of the Columbia Reservation knew the United States was going to eradicate their Reservation. White settlers began attacking Chippewa property and the Chippewa's did retaliate. On July 7, 1883 an agreement was reached which eradicated the Columbia Reservation. The Chippewa's of Washington were offered two choices. They could accept land allotments or they could relocate to the Colville Reservation. Most chose to accept land allotments. Many more relocated to the Colville Reservation. If you want to know why i have included the cities below as part of the Colville Reservation, you now know!
On January 18, 1881 the United States set aside the present Spokane Reservation. They set aside the Reservation for those Chippewa's who refused to accept land allotments and merge with other Indians on the adjoining Colville Reservation. At the present time the Spokane Reservation is closed. It covers 159,000 acres or 248 sq. mi. Most of the Reservation (over 108,000 acres) is covered by a forest. Over 90% of the Reservation is held in trust by the United States. Of the remaining land (near 15,000 acres), 8,552 acres are Tribal operated farms. Some non Indians own some land on the Reservation. The terrain is one that is rugged and a bit mountainous. However, the mountains are not too high in elevation. The further one travels north the higher the mountains become. Near the southern border, the elevation is slightly over 1,300 feet above sea level. Near the northern border, the elevation reaches nearly 4,000 feet above sea level. The Spokane Reservation has a troubled past!
They had already known what occurred on the adjoining Colville Reservation in 1900 (on October 10, 1900 the United States opened up 1,354,880 acres of the Colville Reservation to white settlement), and anticipated the same to occur to their Reservation. However, as mentioned mainly Chippewa's settled on this Reservation. They were far more prone to react with hostility if they learned about any corrupted actions on the part of the whites.
In 1903, the United States commenced to survey the Spokane Reservation for individual allotments and allowing whites to enter the Reservation to search for minerals (it was really agriculture land) on the Reservation. A force of 100 Indian soldiers was raised to prevent the 500 spoiled rotten whites waiting on the Reservations borders, to invade the Reservation. In 1909, the United States opened the Spokane Reservation to white settlement but only 40 whites actually bought land on the Reservation.
At the present time, the Chippewa's of the Spokane Reservation have been forced by the whites to lose their Chippewa Tribal identity. The whites only recognize the Salishan people of the Spokan Reservation. There are several settlements on the Reservation which are listed along with those of the Colville Reservation below.
Covers 248 sq. mi.
Population is 2,004
Indian: 1,533
White: 370
Black: 6
Asian: 20
Mixed: 74
Hispanic: 87 - Hispanic population is corrupted as usual. Mexicans are predominantly descended from the Native Americans who lived in the eastern part of the United States. The whites have forced them to lose their tribal identities.
Language is Algonquin-Salishan-Wakashan
Spokane-Colville Reservation Communities
East Wellpinit Spokane Reservation
Ford Spokane Reservation
South East Wellpinit Spokane Reservation
Wellpinit Spokane Reservation
Westend Spokane Reservation
Inchelium
Keller
Nespelem
North Omak
Brewster
Bridgeport
Grandview
Granger
Mabton
Othello
Quincy
Royal City
Sunnyside
Basin City
Mattawa
Labish Village, Oregon
Boardman, Oregon
Buena
Cowiche
Chelan Falls
Desert Aire
George
Gervais, Oregon
Mesa
Odell, Oregon
Outlook
Rock Island
Roosevelt
Tieton
Warden