Kalispel Indian Reservation (Washington)

The Kalispel Reservation is located in eastern Washington, about 65 miles north of Spokane, in Pend Oreille county.


 * Established -- 1914 by executive order by President Woodrow Wilson (4,629 acres)
 * Agency (BIA) -- Spokane Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Kalispel
 * Population --

History

 * 1914: by executive order by President Woodrow Wilson (4,629 acres)
 * 1914: first church built on reservation by a Jesuit missionary- Father Edward M. Griva
 * 1915: first school (closed in 1948)
 * 1924: allotted, the allotments were for 40 acres.
 * 1933: allotments
 * 1938: under the Indian Reorganization Act - ratified a constitution