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 -- 1969: Tribal enrollment: 167

History

 * 1914: Created 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: Land allotted, the allotments were for 40 acres.
 * 1933: Land allotments
 * 1938: Constitution ratified under the Indian Reorganization Act

Records
Land Records: Indian tribal land 409 acres. Allotted land: 4,220 acres