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Okanogan or Okinagan (both: ōkənä`gən), confederation of Native North Americans of the Salishan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. ). In the late 18th cent. they numbered some 2,500. In the early 19th cent. they occupied an area extending from the west side of the Okanagan River in Washington N to British Columbia. In winter the Okanogan lived in semisubterranean earth lodges and in summer in mat or bark lodges. They fished, hunted, and gathered roots and berries. The Okanogan land claims were never adjusted. Today about 2,300 Okanogan live in British Columbia; others live with the Colville (a related tribe), on the Colville Reservation in Washington. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1986, Extension across the Eocene Okanogan crustal shear in southern British Columbia: Geology, v. That's what happened on July 10, 2001, when four fire fighters trapped in the "Thirty Mile Fire" in Washington's Okanogan National Forest were sacrificed to the supposed benefit of the endangered bull trout. Okanogan County WSMTA, WA; Composition Workshop; Peter Wolf, presenter |
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