FDI - Coeur d"Alene

The Coeur d'Alene were hunter/gatherer tribes or the Northwestern Plateau. They were located on the headwaters of the Spokane River above Spokane Falls including Coeur d'Alene Lake and the Clearwater. They were missionized by Catholics before experiencing conflicts with White settlers.

Aboriginal Locations (Subdivisions)

ID (28), WA (5)

Year	*History*
1781	Smallpox epidemic
1805	Lewis and Clark passed through territory, aided by Nez Perce
1809	David Thompson established Kullyspell House trading post on Lake Pend d'Orielle
1810	David Thompson established Spokane House
1811	David Thompson explored the length of the Columbia River
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed; Jesuit Fr. Nicolas Point, companion of Fr. de Smet, established Sacred Heart (now de Smet) mission among tribe
1842	Tribe visited by Fr. de Smet
1873	Reservation established by Executive Order
1909	Lost 80% of reservation due to Homestead Act
1911	Dam built at Spokane Falls destroyed primary fishery

Year	U.S. Population	ID	WA	Source
1700	5,000	4,000	1,000	NAHDB calculation
1780	1,000			Mooney estimate
1800	700	500	200	NAHDB calculation
1900	500	500		NAHDB calculation (OR, ID absorbed by others)
1904	494			US Indian Office
1937	608			US Indian Office
1973	557			BIA
1981	822			BIA
1989	1,100			BIA estimate
2000	1,600			NAHDB calculation
2003	1.650			Tribe

Coeur d'Alene Sites:

About the Coeur d'Alene Indians http://www.anglerguide.com/articles/18c.html

Alexie, Sherman, Biography http://www.fallsapart.com/biography.html

Coeur d'Alene http://www.isc.idaho.gov/coeurdal.htm

Coeur d'Alene Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t20

Coeur d'Alene Casino http://www.cdacasino.com/

Coeur d'Alene Indians http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04093a.htm

Coeur d'Alene Indian Teepee http://gocalifornia.about.com/bl_idctmphoto_tepe.htm

Coeur d'Alene Julyamsh Pow Wow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnCnIs7f70

Coeur d'Alene Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=CRD

Coeur d'Alene Language http://www.ling.unt.edu/~montler/Coeurd'Alene/

Coeur d'Alene Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=CRD

Coeur d'Alene Profile http://www.ccrh.org/comm/river/profile/couer.htm

Coeur d'Alene (Schitsu'umsh) http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/frey.html#oto

Coeur d'Alene (Schitsu'Umsh) http://www.native-languages.org/coeur.htm

Coeur d'Alenes Have People with Vision http://www.uidaho.edu/idahonatives/cad/index.html

Coeur d'Alene Tribal History http://www.rootsweb.com/~idreserv/cdhist.html

Coeur d'Alene Tribal School http://www.tribalschool.org/

Coeur d'Alene Tribe http://www.cdatribe-nsn.gov/

Coeur d'Alene Tribe http://www.cdatribe.com/air.shtml

Coeur d'Alene Tribe http://www.idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/nations/coeurdalene.html

Coeur d'Alene Vocabulary http://www.native-languages.org/coeur_words.htm

Cordage People - Coeur d'Alene Tribe http://imnh.isu.edu/Public/JustForKids/CordageDiscoveryBox/SubMenu_3/content_1E_Coeurd'Alene_temp.htm

... Establishing Coeur d'Alene and Fort Hall Reservations http://www.ccrh.org/comm/river/treaties/cdt.htm

Hearth of the Awl: People of the Panhandle Rivers http://imnh.isu.edu/Public/JustForKids/CordageDiscoveryBox/SubMenu_3/index_3E_Courd'Alene_temp.htm

Matheson, Dave, and Red Thunder http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues02/Co12142002/CO_12142002_Dave_Matheson.htm

Northwest Plateau Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_plateau_culture.htm

Oregon Trail http://linnhistory.peak.org/1853/1853immore.html

Schitsu'umsh: Coeur d'Alene Indians http://www.l3-lewisandclark.com/Sites/ShowOneSite.asp?SiteID=50

"Smoke Signals" http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/mydocs/culture/Smoke_Signals.htm

*Ethnie:*	COEUR D'ALENE (SCHITSU'UMSH, SKITSWISH)
*Language:*	Coeur d'Alene
*Family:*	Southern Interior Salish
*Stock:*	Interior Salishan
*Phylum:*	Salishan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest Plateau