Land area
Land of the Coeur d'Alène in Idaho, ceded 1891 (area 553)
- 1873
Recognized as Native land
The 1899 record: “Territory originally claimed by Coeur d'Alene, Southern Spokane, and other fragmentary bands”
- 1891
Ceded to the United States
The 1899 record: “Confirms agreement with these Indians by which they cede to the U. S. all claim they have or ever had to any lands in Washington, Idaho, and Montana”
In the record
Claimed by the Coeur d'Alène outside their reservation in Idaho, Washington and Montana; treated as given up when they accepted the 1873 reserve, and formally ceded in an agreement confirmed in 1891. The area covers about 6.2 million acres in what is now Idaho.
The 1899 record names Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'umsh) as the people of this land.
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
- 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
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Connections
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Nations named for this land 1, as named in the 1899 record
- Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'umsh)suggested
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1873-11-08primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Idaho (Library of Congress)primary 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
- 553
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1873-11-08; 1891-03-03
- Kind of instrument
- Executive order
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Coeur d'Alène
- States
- ID
- Counties
- Benewah; Kootenai; Latah; Shoshone
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Idaho; 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