Tenino

The Tenino were a hunter/gather nation which relied heavily on fishing. They lived, for the most part, along the Columbia from the Deschutes to the Umatilla. They suffered great losses from the White influx, and separated into several locations after the Wasco Treaty of 1855.

Year	*History*
1805	Met by Lewis and Clark
1811	David Thompson explored the length of the Columbia River
1824	Smallpox epidemic
1829	Smallpox epidemic
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1847	Measles epidemic,
1851	Partially merged with Nez Perce
1855	Involved in Yakima War, thereafter joined the Warm Springs Reservation

Year	U.S. Population	OR	WA	Source
1700	3,600	1,400	2,200	NAHDB calculation
1780	3,600			Mooney estimate
1800	3,000	1,100	1,900	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	0	0	NAHDB calculation (Had joined Warm Springs Reservation)
2000	0	0	0	NAHDB calculation

Tenino Sites:

Basket Weaver Harvest Moon ... http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co07152000/CO_07152000_Basketweaver.htm

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs ... http://www.critfc.org/text/warmsprings.html

Indians of Eastern Oregon http://www.nps.gov/joda/lee/lee1-1.htm

Northeastern Oregon Natives ... http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/natam_or/northeast.html

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

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

Tenino Indians http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_066_13_28.html

Tenino Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=WAR

Tenino Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=WAR

Tenino Woman Recognized as a Master Storyteller http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030714/communities/51719_ARC.shtml

Your Indian Hosts http://www.happycanyon.com/hosts.htm

*Ethnie:*	TENINO
*Language:*	Tenino
*Family:*	Shahaptin
*Stock:*	Plateau Penutian
*Phylum:*	Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern Plateau