- Fact 2 - These Indians were static
tribes of tribe of hunter fishers. Men were in charge of hunting
for food and protecting the camp and the women were in charge of
the home and land
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Idaho and Oregon
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Named after George Washington
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Olympic and Cascade Mountains; open land along
coast to Columbia River; flat lowland.
- Fact 6 - The Native Indians in this
area were famous for their totem poles, ornately carved canoes
and masks
- Fact 7 - There were many Native
Americans of Washington including the Chinook, Clalskanie,
Columbia, Makah, Nez Perce, Ozette, Palouse, Wallawalla,
Wynoochee and Yakima
- Fact 8 - The Chinook were an
important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth
of the Columbia river. The Chinooks were organized into
settlements rather than tribes. Their home was the the Pacific
coast near the Columbia River.
- Fact 9 - The Clalskanie tribe were
one of the many tribes inhabiting the Snake and Columbia River
Basins when the Lewis and Clark expedition arrived in the winter
of 1805. The warriors of the Clalskanie tribe were greatly
feared. The inhabited the Oregon mountains about the Clatskanie
River and charge a toll for passage down the Columbia River.
- Fact 10 -
The Sinkiuse - Columbia tribe were so-called because of they
lived by the Columbia River. They lived in protected villages of
plankhouses.
- Fact 11 - The Makah tribe continue
to live in and around the town of Neah Bay, Washington. Their
name means "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls".
- Fact 12 - The Nez Perce originally inhabited the
lower Snake River and its tributaries in western Idaho. The name
Nez Perce, meaning pierced nose, was given by the French because
some tribe members wore nose pendants.
- Fact 13 - The Ozette tribe lived on
the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula. They were members of
the Makah group who had originated on the west coast of
Vancouver Island. Their numbers gradually diminished from about
1880 until 1937, when there was only one Ozette Indian
remaining. He lived the last part of his life on the Makah
Reservation.
- Fact 14 - The Palouse tribe lived along the
Palouse River and in 1805 helped Lewis and Clark along the Snake
River. They were renowned horse traders and breeders. The
Appaloosa horse, with its distinctive spotted coat, speed and
stamina, takes its name from the Palouse Indians.
- Fact 15 - The Yakima tribe (aka Yakama) inhabited
the Columbia River Plateau. They practised extensive
inter-tribal commerce and were well known as salmon traders
- Fact 16 - The Wallawalla tribe
occupied the territory along the Walla Walla, Snake and Columbia
Rivers. In 1805 they met Lewis and Clark and exchanged gifts.
Their name means "many waters".
- Fact 17 - The Wynoochee tribe occupied the
territory along the Chehalis River and were highly dependent on
the fish for their subsistence.
- Fact 18 - 1847 - Cayuse Indians attack
Whitman Mission in Walla Walla.
- Fact 19 - 1855 - The Yakima Indian
War lasted for three years
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