THEY TRADITIONALLY SPEAK SAHAPTIN AND LIVE ON THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU IN EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. THERE WERE THREE MAIN GROUPS. THE ANCESTRAL PEOPLE WERE NOMADIC AND FOLLOWED FOOD SOURCES DURING THE SEASONS.. THEY GATHERED WITH OTHERS FOR ACTIVITIES : HUNTING, GATHERING, FISHING, AND TRADING WITH OTHERS. THEY BECAME EXPERT HORSEMEN IN HISTORIC TIMES. THEY DECLINED TO LEAD A RESERVATION LIFE. THEY WERE FOUND IN 1805 BY LEWIS AND CLARK ON THE CLEARWATER RIVER IN IDAHO. LEWIS AND CLARK ESTIMATED THEY HAD 1600 PEOPLE AND IN 1854 THEY ONLY HAD 500.
THE PALOUSE RIVER WAS NAMED FOR CAPTAINS LEWIS AND CLARK IN 1805 AND IT WAS WHERE THE INDIANS CAMPED. IN 1854 LATAH CREEK RECEIVED THE NAME HANGMAN CREEK AS ACCORDING TO THE PALOUSE LEGEND ONE INDIAN DISCOVERED A CALVERY OUTPOST. IT BEGAN TO SNOW AND IT CHANGED INTO A BLIZZARD..
IN 1951 THE PALOUSE FALLS IS THE ONLY MAJOR WATERFALL LEFT AMONG THE GLACIAL FLOOD PATH. A PARK WAS DEDICATED IN 1951. IT WAS CALLED THE APUTAHAT PARK TO COMMEMORATE THE POLUSA CULTURE. IN 2006 THEY HAD A CONFERENCE THAT WAS HOSTED BY WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERISTY. THEY SPOKE ABOUT NATIVES IN THE PLATEAU AREA
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