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.

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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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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