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Tenino Indian Tribe
Location
Tenino. Significance unknown.
Also called:
Mĕli'-lĕma, own name.
Warm Springs Indians, the common official designation.
Connections
The Tenino constituted a division of
the Shahaptian branch of the Shapwailutan linguistic stock.
Subdivisions
Kowasayee, on the north bank of Columbia River nearly opposite the mouth
of
the Umatilla.
Ochechote or Uchichol, on the north bank of Columbia River, the exact
region
being uncertain though they derive their name from a rock near the mouth
of
the Deschutes River.
Skinpah, on the north bank of Columbia River above the mouth of the
Deschutes.
Tapanash, on the north bank of Columbia River, near the mouth
of the Deschutes
and a little above Celilo, the name being later extended over most of the
above
bands.
Tilkuni, between White and Warm Springs Reservations.
TukspuAh on John Day River, and hence called often John Day Indians.
Wahopum, on the north bank of Columbia River near the mouth of Olive
Creek. Waiam, near the mouth of the Deschutes River.
History
The Tenino were mentioned by Lewis and Clark in 1805. By the
treaty of 1855 they gave up their lands and settled, along with other Shahaptian
tribes and some Salishan tribes, on Yakima Reservation, Washington. Since then
they have not had separate official recognition.
Population
Mooney (1928) estimated that in 1780 there were 3,600
including the Atanum of the Yakima and the Tyigh. The United States Office
of Indian Affairs reported 460 in 1937 of the Yakima and associated bands.
Connection in which they have become noted
A town in Thurston County, Wash., perpetuates the name.
Additional Oregon Indian Resources
Notes About the Book:
Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of
American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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