Copyright 2017 Okanagan Nation Alliance. As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 1,112 people, 421 households, and 305 families residing in the city. The population density was 527.0 inhabitants per square mile (203.5/km2). 1887, Courtesy Entiat Community Historical Society, J. C. Ely's hotel and store, first town of Entiat, ca. The Sanpoil territory centers around the Sanpoil River Valley, extending north to the boundary of the current Colville Reservation. 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. There were 495 housing units at an average density of 234.6 per square mile (90.6/km2). Included among these were the Entiat chief, Chilcosahaskt, who homesteaded land at the mouth of the Entiat River, and N'k'whilekin (1825-1911), known to white settlers as Wapato John, who settled on Lake Chelan. WikiMatrix. The Entiat are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a federally recognized tribe. Chief Moses served his people as a warrior during his younger years, but later tried to protect his people through diplomacy as the leader of the Moses-Columbia. by Lindley Hull (Spokane: Shaw & Borden Company, 1929); An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan, and Chelan Counties (Spokane: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1904); William Compton Brown, The Indian Side of the Story (Spokane: C.W. With his departure, the family of James Bonar, who had died several years earlier, took pride of place as the first permanent non-Native settlers in the Entiat Valley. Co, 1961), 128; Edmond S. 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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 confrontations stopped and were not renewed. We have bits and pieces of the story, but told from the settlers' point of view. The Entiat are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a federally recognized tribe. As I had mentioned before, I am a member of the Wenatchi Tribe, born and raised here in Wenatchee. Entiat people - Wikipedia The Entiat speak English. Of particular relevance to the Entiat Tribe, in 1879 the Moses Columbia Reservation was formed, with the canny Columbia chief, Moses (ca. They and Wendall have ensured that the history and philosophies of the Entiat Tribe will not be forgotten. The Entiat people are a Native American tribe who exclusively used and occupied an area extending from the Columbia River to the Cascade Mountains along the drainage system of the Entiat River. Entiat, the smallest incorporated municipality in Chelan County, is located on the west bank of the Columbia River, approximately halfway between Lake Chelan to the north and Wenatchee to the south. As more settlers arrived, other needs were met. The chief died on February 10, 1903, and on June 1 his estate administrator sold the land to members of the pioneering Bonar family. Blank Page | Entiat Community Historical Society We are greatly honored thatWendell has given us permission to use words fromhis book ,Last Chief Standing, to tell the story of the Entiat Tribe from his tribe's perspective. Happily, only the final act need be briefly summarized here. These boats, which could carry more than 100 passengers and tons of freight, made a stop at a sand bar just north of the mouth of the Entiat River. Ten years earlier, and perhaps unbeknownst to its citizens, a section of the Columbia River known as Rocky Reach, about nine miles south of the mouth of the Entiat River, had been identified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a potential site for a dam that could supply both electrical power and irrigation. Chelan County -- Thumbnail History - HistoryLink.org 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. Identification. Ledger artists, inspired by centuries-old line drawings and pictographs, work with introduced paper materials such as ledgers or journal books. 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.
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