Chelan (tribe)

ethnic group
group=Chelan


poptime=
popplace=United States (Washington)
rels=
langs=English, Salishan, Interior Salish
related=Colville, Nespelem, Sanpoil, Sinixt, Palus, Wenatchi, Entiat, Methow, southern Okanagan, Sinkiuse-Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band peoples ::"For other uses, see Chelan."The Chelan tribe (pronounced sha- lan), meaning "Deep Water" are an interior Salish people speaking the Wenatchi dialect, though separate from that tribe. The Chelan were historically located at the outlet of Lake Chelan in Washington. [cite web |url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/washington/ |title=Washington Indian Tribes |accessdate=2007-10-03 |work=accessgenealogy.com]

Ethnography

The Chelan are members of the "Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation", which is recognized by the United States of America as an American Indian Tribe. It is located on the Colville Indian Reservation in eastern Washington State. The Confederated Tribes have over 9,000 descendants from 12 aboriginal tribes. In addition to the Chelan, the tribes are known, in English, as the Colville, the Nespelem, the Sanpoil, the Lake (Sinixt), the Palus, the Wenatchi, the Entiat, the Methow, the southern Okanagan, the Moses Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's Band.

The Chelan speak English. The native language of the tribe is a Salishan language made up of several different dialects among the tribes. [cite web |url=http://www.colvilletribes.com/facts.htm |title=Facts & Information |accessdate=2007-10-03 |work=colvilletribes.com]

Chelan legends

* [http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/CreationoftheFirstIndians-Chelan.html "Creation of the first Indians"]

Notes

Further reading

* Hackenmiller, Tom. "Wapato Heritage: The History of the Chelan and Entiat Indians". Manson, WA (P.O. Box 355, Manson 98831): Point Pub, 1995.

External links

* [http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/loc&CISOBOX1=Chelan Chelan tribe members in seven B&W photos]