Located in northern Washington State, Colville Reservation has a bitter past and a corrupted history written for them by whites. Why? An obvious Ojibwa Indians presence in that region of North America! Below is a map of Colville Reservation including that of Spokane and links to google earth photos of that portion of Omak within Colville Reservation. First map below is the correct map of Colville Reservation. It's name is Spokane Ojibwa Reservation! What is now Colville Reservation, was illegally set aside on April 9, 1872. In December of 1871 (they list December 0, 1871 as when this illegal action happened), another illegal American action took possession of a large area of land in Washington, Idaho and Montana. A large area of land in Washington, Idaho and Montana remains unceded Ojibwa land. American leaders set aside Columbia Reservation on April 19, 1879. It was adjacent to Colville Reservation on it's east. Chief Moses (his surname is an Ojibwa one and not baptismal - in Ojibwa Language Moses means Little Moose) was an Ojibwa leader from Wisconsin who followed prophesy and migrated west to what is now Washington with his family. From investigating chief Moses, we learn that a large area of land in central Washington was possibly not ceded in 1879. That land area is located where Nez Perce, Umatilla and Yakima land is which indicates white historians are not being honest. During 1876-1877's War in Idaho and Montana, many Ojibway's followed prophesy and migrated into central Washington. It may have led to Columbia Reservations creation. In 1878, a white couple was murdered near Rattlesnake Springs which is 31 miles or 50 kilometers northwest of Moses Lake, Washington. Chief Moses was blamed yet he was possibly used by American leaders. On February 12, 1879 he was instructed to visit Washington D.C. to meet with President Hayes. This was after those killings of that white couple. He was acquitted of murdering Mr. & Mrs. Perkins, after he met President Hayes. He then supposedly ceded his peoples land in Washington States Columbia Basin. This is evidence of historical corruption that needs further research. In 1920, it was reported that Colville Reservation had an Indian population of 2,698. A total of 2,574 allotments had been issued. Of those 2,574 allottments, 2,238 was held as "Trust Land" or land that could not be sold. Around 336 allotments was "Fee Land" or land that could be sold to non Indians. And 124 was unallotted. Total number of Colville Reservation unallotted acres including in "Trust Land," was 1,009,100 acres. Total number of Colville Reservation allotted land in 1920 was 333,275 acres. Colville Reservation has a land area of 1,342,375 acres. Average allotment size was about 520 acres. Those remaining 124 allotments were for chief Rocky Boy's landless Ojibway subjects. Chief Rocky Boy sent a letter to President Roosevelt on January 14, 1902, telling him he was leader of landless Ojibwa's in various locations in the United States in need of Reservations. They denied his request for Reservations yet accepted his proposal to allow his Ojibwa Subjects to settle on land not surveyed (he meant unallotted Reservation land) in many locations in the United States. At Colville Reservation, chief Rocky Boy was set aside 124 allotments that has a land area of 64,480 acres. We don't know where it's located.
A continuation of the Yakima War, the Coeur d'Alene War was fought to force the United States to accept Ojibwa leaders demands of a large Ojibwa Reservation located at Idaho, Montana and Washington as depicted on the map below. Coeur d'Alene War was actually an extension of Mullan Road War. At issue was Ojibwa leaders demands for a large Ojibwa Reservation. Isaac Stevens at first rejected the Ojibwa demand then war erupted and lasted from 1855 to 1859. By 1859, American leaders agreed to set aside the large Ojibwa Reservation as depicted on the map below. As a result of prophesy, a very large Ojibwa Population lived at Washington, Idaho and Montana that numbered near 100,000. American leaders originally demanded small Reservations yet Ojibwa leaders rejected! After a serious of battles fought near Spokane, Washington as as depicted on the map below, American leaders agreed to set aside the vast Reservation we'll name Spokane Ojibwa Reservation. A migration of 10,000's of Ojibwa's living south of the Reservation to Spokane Ojibwa Reservation followed. Though Mullan Road War continued, a long period of peace prevailed at Idaho and Washington. That changed in 1877. Ojibwa leaders continued to refuse to cede Reservation. In fact, chief Rocky Boy possibly refused to cede this Reservation. From Spokane Ojibwa Reservation, several much smaller Reservations were illegally created. They are Coeur d'Alene, Columbia, Colville, Kalispel and Spokane Reservations. Most Ojibwa's and other natives who lived at Spokane Ojibwa Reservation were forced to leave Reservation. Most settled south of the Reservation or between Colville Reservation and Yakima Reservation, on their land allotments they either sold to whites or had them forcefully taken from them.
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Demographics of Colville/Spokane Reservation
Land Area: 4,647 sq. mi. or 12,045 sq. km. (Colville 4,410 sq. mi - Spokane 237 sq. mi.)
Population: 10,348
Colville Reservation: 7,807
Native: 61.8%
White: 23.5%
Mexican: 10.9%
Mixed bloods: 6.3%
Asian: 0.4%
Black: 0.2%
Spokane Reservation: 2,541
Native: 79.1%
White: 12.9%
Mixed bloods: 7.1%
Mexican: 3.9%
Black: 0.3%
Asian: 0.2%
Language: Corrupted
