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.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IndigenousPeoplesCollective ⓘ
culturalRegion ⓘ
engageIn culturalRevitalization ⓘ
fisheriesCoManagement ⓘ
languageRevitalization ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice intertribalTrade ⓘ
rootFeasts ⓘ
salmonCeremonies ⓘ
seasonalRound ⓘ
sweatLodgeCeremonies ⓘ
hasHistoricalImpactFrom Columbia River damConstruction ⓘ
U.S.IndianTreatiesOfThe19thCentury ⓘ
reservationSystem ⓘ
hasKeyEconomicActivity berryHarvesting ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
riverineTrade ⓘ
rootDigging ⓘ
salmonFishing ⓘ
hasKeyGeographicFeature Columbia River ⓘ
Fraser River ⓘ
Snake River ⓘ
plateauLandscapes ⓘ
hasKeySpiritualFocus plateauLandscapes ⓘ
riverSystems ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
includesTribe Cayuse ⓘ
Coeur d’Alene ⓘ
Colville ⓘ
Flathead (Salish) ⓘ
linked to: Flathead

Kalispel ⓘ
Kootenai ⓘ
Nez Perce ⓘ
Okanagan (Syilx) ⓘ
linked to: Colville-Okanagan

Shuswap (Secwepemc) ⓘ
linked to: Shuswap

Spokane Tribe of Indians ⓘ
Umatilla ⓘ
Walla Walla ⓘ
Warm Springs tribes ⓘ
Yakama ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Inland Pacific Northwest ⓘ
linked to: Inland Northwest

North America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
traditionalSubsistenceBase anadromousFishRuns ⓘ
berries ⓘ
deer ⓘ
elk ⓘ
rootsSuchAsCamas ⓘ
traditionalTerritoriesInclude eastern Washington ⓘ
northeastern Oregon ⓘ
northern Idaho ⓘ
southern British Columbia ⓘ
western Montana ⓘ
usesLanguageFamily Interior Salish languages ⓘ
Kutenai language ⓘ
Plateau Penutian languages ⓘ
linked to: Plateau Penutian

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture → focusesOn → Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau ⓘ
Plateau–California transition zone → associatedWith → Indigenous peoples of the Columbia Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau
Wallowa River → culturalRegion → traditional lands of the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) ⓘ
linked to: Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau
Yakama language → associatedWith → Columbia River Plateau cultures ⓘ
linked to: Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau
Fort Colvile → associatedWithPeople → Indigenous peoples of the Columbia River region ⓘ
linked to: Native American tribes of the Columbia Plateau