FDI - Palouse

The Palouse were semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer tribes. They acquired horses early. They occupied the valley of the Palouse River and the Snake River in proximity to the Palouse. Their range extended into Idaho.

They traded with the first Whites but ultimately were considered to be renegades and had conflicts with a the later settlers. They suffered huge losses to disease. Though they were included in the 1855 Yakima Treaty, the treaty was never recognized by the tribe. They have refused to live a reservation life.

Aboriginal Locations (Subdivisions)

WA (5)

Year	*History*
1700	Acquired horses
1760	Smallpox epidemic
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
1836	Presbyterian mission established by Rev. Henry Spaulding near the mouth of Lapwai Creek
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1847	Measles epidemic; fought in Cayuse War against Whites
1855	Major Heller and 100 men routed in with a joint force of Yakimas, Columbias, Wanapams, Wallwallas, Palouse, and Spokanes ... "Toppenish Fight"; Yakima Treaty, tribe included in treaty but refused to recognize the document
1858	Took part in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene War against Whites

Year	Population	Source
1700	5,400	NAHDB calculation
1780	5,400	Mooney estimate
1800	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1805	1,600	Lewis and Clark
1854	500	Swanton
1900	100	NAHDB calculation
1910	82	Census
2000	200	NAHDB calculation

*Ethnie:*	PALOUSE
*Language:*	Nez Perce
*Family:*	Shahaptin
*Stock:*	Plateau Penutian
*Phylum:*	Macro-Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern Plateau