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71: 63: 87:-fishing area. It is unknown which tribes were overthrown by the Wanapum tribe when they claimed their ancestral land, or what happened to the original settlers that migrated from NE Asia centuries before the Wanapum and other tribes finally settled in the area. Because of the lost primitive and scarce archeology of the region, these secrets may never be known, and those people never acknowledged. 113:. Adherents to this religion believed that the white man would disappear, if rituals and traditional life was adhered to; instead of participating in armed conflicts, the people prayed. Whether due to this religion or for other reasons, the tribe never fought white settlers, did not sign a treaty with them, and as a result retained no federally recognized land rights. 154:
The Wanapum Heritage Center Museum displays artifacts of the time before the dams, while the Wanapum River Patrol keeps watch over the ancestral lands, monitoring locations of special significance to the Wanapum to protect those places from depredation, and also providing information to visitors.
128:), and provided daily trucks to transport them from their winter camp on the Columbia River. He did not believe that their loyalty could be questioned. But after WWII they were sealed off from graves and cultural sites on the Hanford site. 102:, the Wanapum, led by their chief Cutssahnem, greeted the expedition and treated its members well, sharing food and entertainment. Captain Clark’s journals provide descriptions of their dwellings, clothing, and physical characteristics. 396: 401: 346: 246: 70: 120:
allowed about 30 Wanapum to remain in their winter camp, with access to their customary fishing ground in the middle of the federal reservation for the
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About 60 Wanapum petroglyphs were blasted from the rock before being flooded; they may be viewed at
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flooded the riverbanks where the Wanapum had lived in traditional tule houses.
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In prehistoric times, the tribe's territory was (and still is) an excellent
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Petroglyphs on display at Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, Washington
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into the basalt cliffs. In 1805, according to the journals of the
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in 1850 is still practiced by some members of other tribes.
40:. About 60 Wanapum still live near the present day site of 347:"North American Indian Religions: New Religious Movements" 322:. Grant County Public Utility District. Archived from 215:Native American placenames of the United States 218:. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 545. 181: 179: 66:Wanapum Heritage Center on the Columbia River 8: 397:Native American tribes in Washington (state) 105:In the 1800s, a new Native religion, called 402:Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau 351:Encyclopedia of Religion: 15-volume Set 175: 249:. National Geographic. Archived from 7: 298:. New York: W W Norton. p. 70. 188:"Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park" 149:Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park 14: 44:. The name "Wanapum" is from the 320:"Wanapum Heritage Center Museum" 131:In 1953 the construction of the 369:"Global Security: Hanford Site" 51:, meaning "river people", from 36:in what is now the US state of 1: 90:The tribe made houses from 418: 349:. In Lindsay Jones (ed.). 100:Lewis and Clark Expedition 345:Champagne, Duane (2005). 32:down to the mouth of the 24:formerly lived along the 186:Tate, Cassandra (2005). 162:that founded by Wanapum 160:Washat Dreamers Religion 20:(also Wanapam) tribe of 122:Hanford Engineer Works 75: 67: 294:Olson, Steve (2020). 273:"Columbia River Dams" 73: 65: 371:. GlobalSecurity.org 253:on December 22, 2002 118:Franklin Matthias 76: 68: 326:on August 9, 2006 247:"Wanapum Indians" 225:978-0-8061-3598-4 190:. historylink.org 133:Priest Rapids Dam 126:Manhattan Project 94:and cut over 300 42:Priest Rapids Dam 409: 381: 380: 378: 376: 365: 359: 358: 355:Encyclopedia.com 342: 336: 335: 333: 331: 316: 310: 309: 305:978 03936 3497 6 291: 285: 284: 282: 280: 269: 263: 262: 260: 258: 243: 237: 236: 234: 232: 206: 200: 199: 197: 195: 183: 22:Native Americans 417: 416: 412: 411: 410: 408: 407: 406: 387: 386: 385: 384: 374: 372: 367: 366: 362: 344: 343: 339: 329: 327: 318: 317: 313: 306: 293: 292: 288: 278: 276: 271: 270: 266: 256: 254: 245: 244: 240: 230: 228: 226: 210:Bright, William 208: 207: 203: 193: 191: 185: 184: 177: 172: 158:The indigenist 145: 81: 55:, "river", and 12: 11: 5: 415: 413: 405: 404: 399: 389: 388: 383: 382: 360: 337: 311: 304: 286: 264: 238: 224: 201: 174: 173: 171: 168: 144: 141: 80: 77: 26:Columbia River 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 414: 403: 400: 398: 395: 394: 392: 370: 364: 361: 356: 352: 348: 341: 338: 325: 321: 315: 312: 307: 301: 297: 290: 287: 274: 268: 265: 252: 248: 242: 239: 227: 221: 217: 216: 211: 205: 202: 189: 182: 180: 176: 169: 167: 165: 161: 156: 152: 150: 142: 140: 138: 134: 129: 127: 124:(part of the 123: 119: 114: 112: 108: 103: 101: 97: 93: 88: 86: 78: 72: 64: 60: 58: 54: 50: 47: 43: 39: 35: 31: 30:Priest Rapids 27: 23: 19: 373:. Retrieved 363: 350: 340: 328:. Retrieved 324:the original 314: 295: 289: 277:. Retrieved 267: 255:. Retrieved 251:the original 241: 229:. Retrieved 214: 204: 192:. Retrieved 157: 153: 146: 130: 115: 104: 89: 82: 59:, "people". 56: 52: 48: 17: 15: 375:December 2, 330:December 2, 279:December 2, 257:December 2, 194:December 2, 137:Wanapum Dam 96:petroglyphs 34:Snake River 28:from above 391:Categories 275:. cwnp.org 38:Washington 231:April 11, 212:(2004). 164:Smohalla 143:Heritage 135:and the 116:In 1942 111:Smohalla 46:Sahaptin 107:Washane 79:History 49:wánapam 18:Wanapum 302:  222:  85:salmon 170:Notes 377:2006 332:2006 300:ISBN 281:2006 259:2006 233:2011 220:ISBN 196:2006 92:tule 57:-pam 53:wána 16:The 393:: 178:^ 151:. 379:. 357:. 334:. 308:. 283:. 261:. 235:. 198:.

Index

Native Americans
Columbia River
Priest Rapids
Snake River
Washington
Priest Rapids Dam
Sahaptin


salmon
tule
petroglyphs
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Washane
Smohalla
Franklin Matthias
Hanford Engineer Works
Manhattan Project
Priest Rapids Dam
Wanapum Dam
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park
Washat Dreamers Religion
Smohalla


"Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park"
Bright, William
Native American placenames of the United States
ISBN
978-0-8061-3598-4

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