"We are from the Entiat tribe, which is one of the 12 tribes making up the Colville Confederated Tribes. E.P. We have bits and pieces of the story, but told from the settlers' point of view. The first public school was established in Entiat in 1891. After years of planning and preparation, construction of the Rocky Reach Dam began under the auspices of the Chelan County Public Works Department (PUD) on October 2, 1956. They ranged from the present-day Yakima area, east to the Spokane country, and north to and across what now is the Canadian border. Ittiwan. The following year Moses agreed to move with his people to the Colville Reservation, which had been created in 1872 by an executive order of President Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). As of the census of 2000, there were 957 people, 342 households, and 244 families residing in the city. [2], Another survey was commissioned in 1893, but federal agent L.T. [citation needed]. Originally there were 22 locked areas on this island based on in-game data. The Entiat Indian tribe joined the Confederate Tribes of the Coville Reservation in 1855 when the C.T.C.R said that the native americans should own the land without making any payments. The median age in the city was 40.1 years. Entiat's first significant industries were logging trees and milling lumber, and at various times there were up to 11 mills operating in the drainage basin of the Entiat River, the timber used for homes, commercial buildings, fruit boxes, irrigation flumes, and railroad ties. Sometimes the Chelan (lmxx - "People at the Deep Water, i.e. Work on the Rocky Reach Dam started in 1956, but was not scheduled to end until 1962, when the reservoir would be filled. Happily, only the final act need be briefly summarized here. 1910, Photo by T. Gagnon, Courtesy Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center (86-24-90), Great Northern Railway locomotive, Entiat depot, 1914, Photo by Asahel Curtis, Courtesy Washington State Historical Society (1943.42.30026), Sawmill on Entiat River at Mill's Canyon, May 11, 1914, Photo by Asahel Curtis, Courtesy Washington State Historical Society (1943.42.30019), The Seattle Times, November 6, 1914, p. 21, Ferry serving Entiat and Orondo on Columbia River, ca. In 1892, to the chagrin of Orondo and other nearby towns on the east bank of the Columbia River, the Great Northern Railway built a bridge to cross the river at Rock Island, about 10 miles south of today's Wenatchee. Several historians accept that the chief was born in 1788, and he died in 1903. Our Nation is comprised of seven member communities in the Southern Interior of British Columbia: Okanagan Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Penticton Indian Band, Upper Nicola Band, Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands, and Westbank First Nation; and in Northern Washington State, the Colville Confederated Tribes. The southern limit of the Lakes land is found near Northport, though many also fished at Kettle Falls. One activity above all would sustain Entiat for decades -- the cultivation of tree fruit. The Chelan (pronounced sha-lan) are an Interior Salish people speaking the Wenatchi dialect, though separate from that tribe. Orientation. Aided by irrigation projects, fruit production soon became a primary economic activity. His great-grandfather, Chilcosahaskt, was Chief of the Entiat tribe, his grandfather, Lahompt, started the first family cattle ranch and his dad, Moses, was elected to the first Tribal Council. The Cannons' daughter, Dema, was the first white child born in the Entiat Valley. In 1912 a fire destroyed the sawmill that had been started by Thomas Cannon in 1889 and was at the time of the fire owned by Gray. click to enlarge . The exhibit will be the featured on Opening Day and throughout the Summer of 2023 and become a permanent part of the museum. This much can be said with some confidence: In 1896 or 1897 John G. Ely (1837-1915), who had come to the Entiat Valley from Iowa in 1895 to farm, bought a site from Chilcosahaskt that was located on the north bank of the Entiat River, about one-half mile west of its confluence with the Columbia. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.27. In 1888, just one year after the Detwilers arrived in Entiat, steam-powered sternwheelers began regular runs up the Columbia River, from Wenatchee all the way to Brewster, approximately 60 river miles to the northeast. Entiat Tribe Exhibit. Chilcosahaskt, who did not then accept non-Native settlement, had him ejected in 1879 or 1880 by the commandant of a short-lived army camp at Lake Chelan. They were frequently on the move, traveling in and out of the mountains with the seasons, collecting plants, fishing small streams, and hunting game. ), a bachelor, and his brother John, who was married and had one child. . The 250-acres Keystone Ranch, part of which was James Bonar's original homestead, was founded in 1910 and grew and marketed under its own label several varieties of apples, along with pears and Elberta peaches. The fishery was named as a reservation site in the Yakama treaty from the Walla Walla Council (1855), and the boundaries were surveyed and designated by Army personnel in subsequent years. One cannot doubt that along this line will grow the differ-entiation among the anarcho-syndicalists. 116 years to be exact. Wendell George is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and is now retired after many careers such as helping land a man on the moon as an engineer for Boeing, tribal planner, elected tribal Councilman, tribal corporation CEO, author, owner and operator of a 100-acre apple orchard and a 150-head cattle ranch. But even before a second fire destroyed much of the first town of Entiat in October 1915, the smart money was moving to the new townsite along the Columbia. Early settlers in the Entiat Valley relied primarily on logging, farming, and ranching. Some private homes were moved to higher ground behind the second Entiat, or north to the new townsite, and the remaining buildings in the old town were razed or burned. Repository Eastern Washington University Archives & Special Collections Eastern Washington University Libraries 320 Media Lane - 100 LIB Cheney, WA 99004-2453 Telephone: 5093592475 archives@ewu.edu Access Restrictions Chiliwhist Jim was a prominent medicine man and spiritual leader from the Malott Area. By the 1860s, smallpox epidemics had virtually ended tribal warfare, due to the drastic decrease in population. Entiat City Park is nice place to do either. The loss was total, but partially insured, and the sawmill was back in business the following year. The Entiat Indians were a small Salishan tribe of Washington State, relatives of the Wenatchee Indians and speakers of a Wenatchee dialect. They and Wendall have ensured that the history and philosophies of the Entiat Tribe will not be forgotten. Long Jims father was Innomeseecha, who was also a leader of the Chelan. In 1889 Cannon established the first water-powered sawmill on the Entiat River, and he built the community's first frame house. The Sanpoil territory centers around the Sanpoil River Valley, extending north to the boundary of the current Colville Reservation. His great-grandfather, Chilcosahaskt, was Chief of the Entiat tribe, his grandfather, Lahompt, started the first family cattle ranch and his dad, Moses, was elected to the first Tribal Council. The Wenatchi Indians unlike many other tribes did not engage in war with the new arrivals and were even friends with the first white settlers and their families. After its first relocation, the town grew slowly. Most of the original buildings were razed or moved to a location north of the original town. Our nsyilxcn language and our Syilx Okanagan culture respectfully honour the natural laws of the tmixw that which gives us life. Created July 2008, Colville Tribes, 21 Colville St, Nespelem, WA, 99155, United States. Wendell George is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and is now retired after many careers such as helping land a man on the moon as an engineer for Boeing, tribal planner, elected tribal Councilman, tribal corporation CEO, author, owner and operator of a 100-acre apple orchard and a 150-head cattle ranch. Wendell was also elected to serve on the boards of Wenatchee Valley College, Omak school, and Paschal Sherman Indian school. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.7% of the population. Chilcosahaskt and Wapato John were half-brothers, sharing a mother, Ken-em-tiq't, a Skokomish from west of the Cascades. If the year of his birth is accurate, he had a remarkable lifespan of approximately 116 years. It is also estimated that 90% of the indigenous population died prior to white contact, infectious diseases spreading with the horse far in advance. The Confederated Tribes have over 9,000 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes. His great-grandfather, Chilcosahaskt, was Chief of the Entiat tribe, his grandfather, Lahompt, started the first family cattle ranch and his dad, Moses, was elected to the first Tribal Council. In 1921 the "second" town of Entiat was secured, as the remaining buildings of town "one" burned down. Territorial boundaries shifted frequently in the Plateau Region, as tribes competed for the best hunting grounds. The tribe's original name, Entiatqua, has been translated as both "rapid water" (Meany, 80) and "place of grassy water" (Bright, 145), although the first is most widely accepted. It was not to be. Our members share the same land, nsyilxcn language, culture, and customs. It was also in 1899, on March 13, that Chelan County was created by the state legislature from parts of Okanogan County to the north and Kittitas County to the south. It was the homeland of the Entiat, one of the smallest tribes of several Salish-speaking groups that dwelled along the course of the Columbia in what is now Eastern Washington. The racial makeup of the city was 79.31% White, 0.52% African American, 1.67% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 16.51% from other races, and 1.78% from two or more races. Orondo was the supply and marketing center for Entiat's earliest settlers, and most who lived in the region assumed that when the railroad inevitably worked its way west from Spokane, it would run along the east bank of the Columbia River and pass through Orondo, all but guaranteeing its prosperity. However, in 1902 Chilcosahaskt, at his request and pursuant to another statute, was granted a patent-in-fee to the land, which gave him full and clear title and the legal right to dispose of it when and as he wished. The Entiat school opened in 1916 in its current location. Delta Orchards appealed, and on November 22, 1917, the state supreme court overturned the lower-court decision and quieted title in the town's developers. Wendell George is a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and is now retired after many careers such as helping land a man on the moon as an engineer for Boeing, tribal planner, elected tribal Councilman, tribal corporation CEO, author of three books with another on the way, owner and operator of a 100-acre apple orchard and a 150-head cattle ranch. Get your membership today and you will receive as a Thank You, * A pack of Historic Photos of Entiat postcards, All members are invited to the ECHS Annual Opening Day Event, All members will have lending privileges to the new Museum Library, Please include your name, address, email and check, ( and optionally your phone ) in your request for membership, 2022 by Entiat Historical Society. Following the establishment and reallocation of lands of the Colville Indian Reservation, Wenatchi Chief John Harmelt was supported by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce people in lobbying for federal protection of Wenatchi rights to the fishery. The Confederated Tribes have over 9,000 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes. In 1912, as the population in the region increased and its fruit industry expanded, the Great Northern began surveying a route that would carry the railroad to as far north as Oroville near the Canadian border. Originally part of Okanogan County, in 1899 the region was included in the newly created Chelan County. The Syilx People of the Okanagan Nation are a trans-boundary tribe separated at the 49th parallel by the border between Canada and the United States. Subsequently, most modern day Wenatchis are found living on the Colville Indian Reservation, with a small number living on the Yakama Reservation. In one large sweep of change, the economic basis, the identity of a community, and the sense of belonging were gone" (Griffith, 91). The history of the Entiat tribe and my great-grandfather Chilcosahaskt was little known until recently when Chelan County Public Utility District and the town of Entiat began an extensive upgrade of Entiat Park. Methow, Entiat, Wenatchi, Chelan, Moses-Columbia, Okanogan, Lakes, Colville, San Poil, Nespelem, Nez Perce, Palus. Eastern Aleutian Tribes provides Medical, Dental, and Behavioral Health services in federally qualified health centers in the Alaskan communities of Adak, Akutan, Cold Bay, False Pass, King Cove, Nelson Lagoon, and Sand Point. This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Entiat tribe"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). All of Cheryls chosen papers, books and documents are dated in the early 1900s. The Methow originally lived in and around the Methow River Valley. It is the least scenic (forest-bound river views notwithstanding) of the three approaches but the most direct. on beautiful Lake Entiat in Entiat, Washington. The Entiat regarded Cannon as a holy man and trusted him. It is part of the WenatcheeEast Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The years following the arrival of the Detwilers, Bonars, and Cannons saw a slow but steady increase in non-Native settlement on and near the Entiat River. Most sources place the founding of the town in 1897, when what is now Chelan County was still part of Okanogan County, but there is no township plat to be found in the records of the Okanogan County Auditor. Somehow violence was avoided. When filled the lake would be 43 miles in length and encompass 9,100 acres. There were 495 housing units at an average density of 234.6 per square mile (90.6/km2). Therefore they were called in historic times also "P'squosa/Pisquouse". The Palus territory extended from the confluence of the Snake and Columbia Rivers in the west. There were 421 households, of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 27.6% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.57% of the population. Sometimes, they would camp at a marshy lake where the tribe gathered duck eggs, later to be called Moses Lake. A Christian Church was built in 1902, a Quaker Church came in 1906, and the First Presbyterian Church was established in 1913. The Museum is situated on a knoll at the north end of the Entiat City Park. 14, No. Entiat River") and the Sinialkumuh Band of Entiat were often classed as "Wenatchi" or "P'squosa". Of particular relevance to the Entiat Tribe, in 1879 the Moses Columbia Reservation was formed, with the canny Columbia chief, Moses (ca. In 1898 he traded it to another early settler, Frank E. Knapp (1868-1931), for a Columbia River ferry that Knapp had established to the north of the Entiat River. Co, 1961), 128; Edmond S. 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