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Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'umsh) · coeur d'alene · schitsu'umsh · Coeur D'Alene Tribe · Schitsu’umsh · Coeur d'AleneCoeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'umsh)
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- Official name
- Coeur D'Alene Tribe
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Pacific Northwest
In the record
C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 3 cessions of land from Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'umsh) between 1888 and 1894: about 8.0 million acres by this atlas’s estimate, counting overlaps once. 2 of them came through executive orders. The largest was Land of the Coeur d'Alène in Idaho, ceded 1891 (area 553), about 6.2 million acres.
One court case turned on its rights: Idaho v. United States.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
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Self-names
- Schitsu’umshCoeur d'Alene (snchitsu'umshtsn)
Official names
Names in treaties and records
- Coeur d'AleneFrench
Land recorded as ceded
- Treaty or agreement1 million
- Executive order7 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
3 cessions. Follow Coeur d'Alene Tribe (Schitsu'umsh) through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
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
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Land recorded in this nation’s name 3
- Land of the Bannock, Coeur d'Alene and others in Idaho, ceded 1888 (area 524)1867as named in the 1899 record
- Land of the Coeur d'Alène in Idaho, ceded 1894 (area 552)1867matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Coeur d'Alène in Idaho, ceded 1891 (area 553)1873as named in the 1899 record
Named in 1
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Coeur D'Alene Tribe
- cdatribe-nsn.gov/reference work
In the tribe’s own ancient language, it is called Schitsu’umsh, meaning “Those who were found here” or “The discovered people”.
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
Named in the Idaho v. US row.
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