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. 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. They have six children, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The challenges faced by early settlers struggling to create communities in the wilderness is usually fodder for the most compelling stories about the history of small towns, and Entiat is no different. ethnic group group=Entiat poptime= popplace=flagcountry|United States (Washington) rels= langs=English, Salishan related=Colville, Nespelem, Sanpoil, Sinixt, Palus, Wenatchi, Chelan, Methow, southern Okanagan, Sinkiuse Columbia, and the Nez Perce 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. They were located approximately 30 miles northeast of Charleston, South Carolina. The name comes from the Entiat tribe. Over the past years, I have learned important history about the P'Squosa Tribe. Originally part of Okanogan County, in 1899 the region was included in the newly created Chelan County. Dr. Smith enjoyed good relations with Chilcosahaskt and his people, and they would ferry him by canoe across the turbulent Columbia to explore the Entiat Valley and do some prospecting. The Great Northern Railway bridged the Columbia River south of Wenatchee in 1892, and more than two decades later ran its line north along the river's west bank, securing Entiat's continued existence and at least modest prosperity. 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. 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. The Wenatchi people or npqwxi / Npqwsx ("People in the between") are Native Americans who originally lived near the confluence of the Columbia and Wenatchee Rivers in Central Washington state. They took a course at the Wenatchee Valley College and began writing the oral stories of their people. The terrain along the river's length ranges from a narrow, steep, glaciated valley in the upper reaches to a broader U-shaped valley through the middle and lower stretches. Sometimes the Chelan (lmxx - "People at the Deep Water, i.e. By mid-1894 the total non-Native population of the Entiat country was 80, of whom about 20 percent were bachelors. If the year of his birth is accurate, he had a remarkable lifespan of approximately 116 years. He presided at the Ceremony of Tears prior to the inundation of Kettle Falls in 1939 and served his people faithfully until his death in 1961. It extends south the Pot- holes area and east towards the Ritzville area. Murphy began publishing the Entiat Times in 1913, and railroad service began in Entiat in 1914. Lake Chelan is 51.5 miles (82.9km) long and .75 to 2.1 miles wide, and is the third-deepest freshwater lake in the United States and the ninth-deepest in the world with a maximum depth of 1,486 feet (453m). It was not to be. The Entiat (Sintia'tkumuk, Sintiatqkumuhs, Inti-etook, Intietooks[1]) 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. Bonds between villages and between tribes were strengthened by shared habitat, shared language, intermarriage, and similar customs and values. Somehow violence was avoided. Entiat Language and the Entiat Indian Tribe Native American culture Native American ancestry Entiat Indian Language The Entiat Indians were a small Salishan tribe of Washington State, relatives of the Wenatchee Indians and speakers of a Wenatchee dialect. Like many other West Coast Indian tribes, the Entiat people were relocated to the Colville Reservation in Washington during the 1800's, where they merged with other native peoples and their languages rapidly vanished. The Wenatchi tribe was far more isolated prior to the arrival of the horse, but afterward they adopted many of the traditions and style of dress of the Plains Indians and were closely allied with the Spokane tribes by the time white settlers arrived. Although Chilcosahaskt had good relations with Orondo's Dr. Smith and with Chelan's Sanders and Domke, his attitude changed when the Detwilers settled on land the chief considered his. . 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. 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. Written 13 . click to enlarge . Sometimes, they would camp at a marshy lake where the tribe gathered duck eggs, later to be called Moses Lake. on beautiful Lake Entiat in Entiat, Washington. Aerial view, Entiat, Columbia River at top, Entiat River lower right, En-ti-atqua (Entiat) River confluence (bottom left) with Columbia River, 1882, Entiat Valley, Lewis Detwiler at cabin, ca. 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. Entiat is located at 474040N 1201247W / 47.67778N 120.21306W / 47.67778; -120.21306 (47.677640, -120.213149). In 1921 the "second" town of Entiat was secured, as the remaining buildings of town "one" burned down. Wendell introduced us to Cheryl A. Grunlose, artist and member of the Lakes, Wenatchee, and Entiat bands of the Colville Confederated Tribes to create an art piece to complement the stories of the Entiat Tribe. The tribe also roamed widely through central and north-central Washington, from Kettle Falls in the north to the Yakima River in the south to the slopes of the Cascade Mountains in the west. 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. One surveyors' camp was established at Entiat. The paramount goal of treaty making was to segregate Indians into defined reservations, freeing up their homelands for non-Native settlers and the exploitation the region's abundant natural resources. Others soon followed. The Confederated Tribes have over 9,000 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes. The Chelan tribe also had several permanent villages in the lower Chelan valley. This is the reservoir formed behind Rocky Reach Dam. Their traditional enemies were Shoshone, Kwalhioqua (also known as Willapa who lived in the hills north of the lower Columbia River), the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Nez Perce at times, at others they were allies. The Nespelem Territory starts north at the headwaters of the Nespelem River and heading south of the Columbia River. The Colville lived in the area between the Kettle and Columbia Rivers south to the mouth of the Spokane River. The Chelan were historically located at the outlet of Lake Chelan in the U.S. state of Washington, where they spent the winter months. Methow, Entiat, Wenatchi, Chelan, Moses-Columbia, Okanogan, Lakes, Colville, San Poil, Nespelem, Nez Perce, Palus. Hill Print. A number of reservations were established, only to be later altered (almost always diminished) or rescinded. The town's last move, in the early 1960s, presented unique challenges for the community. Trivia. The first recorded plat for Entiat that can be located in Chelan County records was filed in 1905. The Cannons' daughter, Dema, was the first white child born in the Entiat Valley. Subsequently, most modern day Wenatchis are found living on the Colville Indian Reservation, with a small number living on the Yakama Reservation. Territorial boundaries shifted frequently in the Plateau Region, as tribes competed for the best hunting grounds. E.P. Entiat / n (t) i t / is a . Entiat Tribe Exhibit coming to the Museum on Opening Day, Saturday, May 27, 2023 Updated: Mar 1 Last year, we invited Wendell George to join us at the Entiat Museum. Cannon explained the requirements of treaty agreements to Chilcosahaskt and the need to abide by them. The Entiat speak English. They and Wendall have ensured that the history and philosophies of the Entiat Tribe will not be forgotten. The Entiat Improvement Company was the major commercial center at that time. By the 1860s, smallpox epidemics had virtually ended tribal warfare, due to the drastic decrease in population. The name comes from the Entiat tribe. The southern limit of the Lakes land is found near Northport, though many also fished at Kettle Falls. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Non-Native settlers had difficulty pronouncing many Indian names and called him Silico Saska. Raven Speaks: A collection of articles about the culture and history of the Colville Confederated . Entiat was now free to grow, and it would, if slowly. He had planted peach trees near his claim, the first documented cultivation of tree fruit in the valley. 2023 The Meaning. The terrain along the river's length ranges from a narrow, steep, glaciated valley in the upper reaches to a broader U-shaped valley through the middle and lower stretches. The non-Native history of Entiat properly begins in Douglas County, where in 1887 Dr. John Brown Smith (1837-1917) filed the first plat for the town of Orondo on the opposite (east) bank of the Columbia. Entiat River"). As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 1,112 people, 421 households, and 305 families residing in the city. 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. In 1960, Rocky Reach Dam was constructed downriver from Entiat, much of the town had to be relocated to higher ground due to the rising waters behind the dam. The Museum is situated on a knoll at the north end of the Entiat City Park. 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. They spoke a version of the Salish language, also called . Chelan County embraces the drainages of the Wenatchee River, the Entiat River, and Lake Chelan, and the Chelan River for a total of 2,920 square miles. Entiat officially incorporated as a fourth-class municipality (town) on April 17, 1944. 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. Work on the Rocky Reach Dam started in 1956, but was not scheduled to end until 1962, when the reservoir would be filled. More areas in different updates. Dedicated packing sheds and warehouses sprouted up, and when the railroad came through in 1914 fruit warehouses and cold-storage facilities were built adjacent to the tracks. John Detwiler and his family left the area within a year, but Lewis Detwiler farmed his homestead for about a decade. It has been renovated many times through the years, but has always been at the present site; even when steamboats ran the rapids and Chief Chilkosahaskt of the Entiat Tribe lived at the mouth of the Entiat River. Long Jims father was Innomeseecha, who was also a leader of the Chelan. So anywhere around there you would probably see them. They spoke Interior Salish (a variant of Salish) and ate salmon, starchy roots like camas and biscuitroot, berries, deer, sheep and whatever else they could hunt or catch. Ironically, it empties into the state's shortest river -- the Chelan, which (although dammed dry for much of the twentieth century) flows barely four miles before joining the Columbia for the run to the sea. 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). Post not marked as liked. A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest: Book on the history of the Northwest Coast tribes, including a section on the Chelan. language Salishan languages, English language population place Washington (state) related The Confederated Tribes have over 9,000 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes. Males had a median income of $33,487 versus $21,324 for females. Occasionally, to trade with or visit coastal relatives, the Chelans would canoe up to the head of the lake where they knew of a route that followed a swift stream between high peaks. Perhaps uniquely, Entiat has had to move twice since its founding in the 1890s, forced first by fire and, 40 years later, by inundation when the Rocky Reach Dam was completed. For some reason, area 17 is missing or merged to other areas. All rights reserved. Lewis Detwiler was well-traveled, having lived in Wisconsin, Kansas, Wyoming, and Montana before arriving in Douglas County in 1883 and claiming a homestead south of Orondo. This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Entiat tribe"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). 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 . It is the only island that can produce the following resources: Sun Tiles using Sun Tree. The Entiat Museum building was built in 1895 by the Entiat Improvement Company as headquarters and a home for their ranch manager. We Are Beautiful, We Are Okanagan, Because Our Land is Beautiful. [1], The Wenatchi tribe was far more isolated prior to the arrival of the horse, but afterward they adopted many of the traditions and style of dress of the Plains Indians and were closely allied with the Spokane tribes by the time white settlers arrived. 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. 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 In 1903 the Chief of the Entiat Indian tribe, Shil-how-Saskt (Silico Saska) died. She uses pictorial art to tell stories, and her drawings as a plateau style ledger artist are richly influenced by a combination of her tribal history and traditions. Sometimes they were referred to as Summerville Indians. See Entiat hotels on a map Choose one of the following to unlock Secret Prices and pay less on selected hotels. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Washington: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019", "2020 United States Census Profile: Entiat, Washington", "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Entiat,_Washington&oldid=1147338408, This page was last edited on 30 March 2023, at 09:00. EAT service area comprises over 100,000 square miles of the most beautiful, remote, and challenging locations in the . Cleveland Kamiakin was a young man when the construction began on the Grand Coulee Dam. Entiat Tribe Exhibit. 1900, Courtesy Washington State Historical Society (S1992.27.178.10), Columbia River at Entiat, Chelan County, 1905, Courtesy UW Special Collections (WAS0185), Wreck, sternwheeled steamship Pringle, Columbia River near Entiat, April 4, 1907, Photo by Lawrence Denny Lindsley, Courtesy UW Special Collections (LIN0473), Entiat Light and Power plant, Entiat River, ca. By this time Chilcosahaskt had come to accept their presence, and one history notes that he was "naturally of a good disposition, although the same cannot be said of his wife" (Hull, 445). In addition to the Chelan, the tribes are known, in English, as the Colville, the Nespelem, the Sanpoil, the Sinixt (Arrow Lakes people), the Palus, the Wenatchi, the Entiat, the Methow, the Southern Okanagan (Sinkaietk), the Sinkiuse-Columbia (Moses-Columbia), the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's band, and the Wapato's. The racial makeup of the city was 81.5% White, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 13.8% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. This page was last edited on 23 November 2022, at 00:30. The per capita income for the city was $13,529. 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. The confrontations stopped and were not renewed. Last year, we invited Wendell George to join us at the Entiat Museum. Lucy Friedlander Covington (1910-1982) was born in Nespelem on the Colville Indian Reservation and was a lifelong advocate for Colville tribal rights and land, becoming well-known and nationally respected for her fight against the federal policy of termination. It is part of the WenatcheeEast Wenatchee Metropolitan Statistical Area. 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 . WikiMatrix. The new Entiat Park re-opened for camping on Friday, May 22, 2015 after being closed for over a year. When you become a member you are insuring that the story of Entiat will not be forgotten. Today 12 tribes, including the Wenatchi, Chelan, and Entiat, comprise the Federated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The opinion in Entiat Delta Orchards Co. v. Unknown Heirs of Saska, rendered by the Washington State Supreme Court in November 1917, traces the convoluted history of disputes over the ownership of Entiat's land. John Detwiler claimed a homestead near the mouth of the Entiat River; Lewis settled about three miles upriver in the lower Entiat Valley. The median income for a household in the city was $33,450, and the median income for a family was $37,083. In addition to the Chelan, the tribes are known, in English, as the Colville , the Nespelem , the Sanpoil , the Sinixt ( Arrow Lakes people ), the Palus , the Wenatchi , the Entiat , the Methow , the Southern Okanagan (Sinkaietk) , the Sinkiuse-Columbia ( Moses-Columbia ), the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's band , and . We are a distinct and sovereign Nation. It is the least scenic (forest-bound river views notwithstanding) of the three approaches but the most direct. The Entiat River begins just below Mount Fernow's Entiat Glacier and flows approximately 50 miles to its confluence with the Columbia River. The Chelan PUD bought out the property owners in Entiat whose land would be inundated and worked with local developers to plan a new townsite. Prepared by the Colville Confederated Tribes History/Archaeology Program Not For Distribution - Educational Purposes Only. When filled the lake would be 43 miles in length and encompass 9,100 acres. Share. Proudly created with Wix.com. The presentation will include rarely seen tribal photographs and George's unique perspective as the grandson of chiefs who became the first of his family to graduate from college. By 2020 Entiat's population had grown to 1,290, more than three times the 1960 figure, and the town could declare, "The identity of the community and a sense of belonging has returned to Entiat and will continue to thrive due to the heart and stamina of its residents" ("Third Town"). It is located on the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington state. From 1840 onward, the US government tried to move all Indians to reservations. He was never allowed to move back to his homeland. In anticipation of the coming of the railroad, in 1909 Charles Gray (1867-1958) of Entiat, joined by James Kennedy of Waterville and George Brown of Chelan Falls, purchased land that ran north from the mouth of the Entiat River along the west bank of the Columbia River. website accessed June 5, 2020 (https://douglaspud.org/pages/the-orondo-community.aspx); Leo Harker, "Columbia River Bridge," GNGoat website accessed June 8, 2020 (http://www.gngoat.org/columbia_river.htm); Rod Molzahn, "'On the Drift' -- Looking for a Home," The Good Life magazine, Vol. 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. In 1899 (some sources say 1901) Charles C. King (1859-1938), who had volunteered to be Entiat's first postmaster, built a second store, which also housed the post office. The median age in the city was 40.1 years. The Ittiwan people, also spelled Etiwan, [1] were a Native American tribe, who lived near present-day Goose Creek. Their traditional allies were the kindred Wenatchi, Sinkiuse-Columbia, and Entiat. Detwiler appealed to David Freer (1836-1888), who was married to one of Chilcosahaskt's daughters, to intervene. The Land of the Entiat The Entiat River begins just below Mount Fernow's Entiat Glacier and flows approximately 50 miles to its confluence with the Columbia River. The Chelan Indians often traded mountain goat wool for dried clams and salmon, or for seashells, which they used for future trade or ornamentation. This section of the Columbia is known as Lake Entiat. Little more than 40 years after its previous move, Entiat would once again have to relocate, and this time it would be both more complicated and beset by controversy. 25.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.7% were from 45 to 64; and 14.4% were 65 years of age or older. Created July 2008, Colville Tribes, 21 Colville St, Nespelem, WA, 99155, United States. [6], The name "Entiat" refers to the indigenous Entiat people, whose name comes from the Moses-Columbian Salishan word /nt'ytk/, [nt'itk], "place of grassy water", from /na-/, "place", /st'ya/, "tall grass, hay", and /-atk/, "water".[7]. In 1889 Cannon established the first water-powered sawmill on the Entiat River, and he built the community's first frame house. 1897, Family on footbridge, Entiat River, ca. It was titled "Millside Addition," leaving unanswered the question of what earlier plat, if any, it was an addition to. [2], Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Chelan legends - "Creation of the first Indians", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chelan_people&oldid=1151450686, This page was last edited on 24 April 2023, at 04:06. By June 1893 he had succeeded, but it would be two decades before rails would reach the Columbia River towns north of Wenatchee. Our nsyilxcn language and our Syilx Okanagan culture respectfully honour the natural laws of the tmixw that which gives us life. Although considered by some ethnographers to be a subdivision of the larger Wenatchi tribe, the Entiat appear to have been an independent entity, as evidenced by the mark of Lahompt (or La-Hoom), the son of Entiat chief Chilcosahaskt, on the 1855 Yakama Treaty. Entiat City Park is nice place to do either. In one large sweep of change, the economic basis, the identity of a community, and the sense of belonging were gone" (Griffith, 91). We have bits and pieces of the story, but told from the settlers' point of view. Of particular relevance to the Entiat Tribe, in 1879 the Moses Columbia Reservation was formed, with the canny Columbia chief, Moses (ca. Throughout my school years, there was a lack of Native American history taught. 1920, Statue honoring Chilcosahaskt, Entiat City Park, 2020, Entiat, looking south toward Rocky Reach Dam, ca. The first public school was established in Entiat in 1891. The Keystone Fruit Company opened for business in the valley in 1910. We are also honored to be working with Artist Cheryl Grunlose, a member of the Lakes, Wenatchee, and Entiat bands of the Colville Confederated Tribes. Cheryl began her artistic career in 1995 and attended the prestigious Institute of American Indian arts in Santa Fe. Wendell has given us permission to use his books, words and photos to tell the story of the Entiat Tribe as told in his book. Wendell is an author of several books about his people. The watery highway of Lake Chelan provided a relatively easy transportation route from the Columbia River deep into the Cascades. Also in 1908, Charles A. Harris and J. E. Stout started constructing the Entiat Light and Power Company plant, spinning its turbines with water diverted from the Entiat River about a mile and a half up from its mouth. 116 years to be exact. 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. 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. In 1906 the Entiat Telephone and Telegraph Company was incorporated by Frank E. Knapp and two partners, and by 1908 its lines ran 15 miles up the Entiat Valley. They lived around the Columbia River and could be found all the way up the Cascade Mountains. 37 views 0 comments. Wapato Heritage: The History of the Chelan and Entiat Indians: Good book about Entiat and Chelan history. Most of the new arrivals settled in the valley, and some ventured more than 20 miles upriver. 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.
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