Land area
Land of the Methow and Okanagan in Washington, ceded 1872 (area 533)
- 1872
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President sets apart reservation known as Colville reservation, in Washington territory, bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the Columbia where the Spokane river empties”
- 1872
Taken back by the United States
The 1899 record: “President restores to public domain tract reserved by Executive order of Apr. 9, 1872”
In the record
Set apart as the Colville reservation by executive order in April 1872, then returned to the public domain in July 1872 and replaced by a different tract. The area covers about 2.3 million acres in what is now Washington.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Puyallup Tribe of Indians Nation government 1989 Land Claims Settlement (about $162-163M)
- Duwamish Tribal Services (Real Rent Duwamish) Native-led Real Rent Duwamish: Seattle residents pay voluntary 'rent' Give on their site Website
- Na'ah Illahee Fund Native-led Indigenous-led regranting for Land Back (building on E'lip Tilikum Land Conservancy), land and water protection,… Give on their site Website
- Potlatch Fund Native-led Native philanthropy and grantmaking to Native individuals and Native-led organizations Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 1, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1872-04-09primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1872-07-02primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Washington 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 533
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1872-04-09; 1872-07-02
- Kind of instrument
- Act of Congress
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Methow; Okanagan
- States
- WA
- Counties
- Pend Oreille; Spokane; Stevens
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Washington 1
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
- Kind
- Land area
- Confidence
- Medium