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T aholah : The Taholah room was very fortunate
in having Mr. Floyd H. Phillips, superintendent of
the Quinault, Makah and Skokomish reservations,
and Mr. Hamilton, supervisor of Education for
these reservations. They spent their time for two
periods in this home room.
Mr. Phillips and Mr. Hamilton answered ques­
tions asked by the students concerning their res­
pective reservations. Statistics concerning Indian
land and timber were discussed by Mr. Phillips.
They also discussed the funds that are available
for the Taholah home room students graduating
from high school who want to go on to college.
Mr. Salter later showed Mr. Phillips and Mr.
Hamilton articles portaying Indian life and modes
of living made by the Taholah homeroom students.
They were very well pleased with the canoes made
by Ray Bennett.
C olville : The Colville home room has had two
tests for the last quarter on the constitution and by­
laws of the reservation and also a test on grazing,
farming, and irrigation.
At the present the Colvilles are planning for a
part in the pageant and giving ideas on what they
are going to exhibit during the celebration at the
end of the year.
T ulalip N o . 1: The Tulalip home room has made
out a schedule which they follow each week, "Blue”
Monday is set for news reports, Tuesday and Wed­
nesday is the study of Indians, Thursday is the
hobby day, and Friday is the busy day. This is for
farming. Work is done on a model farm. All models
are made by the students in the home room.
Each student in the home room has a chance at
the chair. Each week we have a different Chairman
and Secretary.
Y akimx : The Yakima reservation students are
making maps, writing essays, and are doing hand
craft arts of the reservation and are also planning
on making scrap books and picture maps.
N orthern I daho : The Northern Idaho home room
group have completed the research work on the
past history of their tribe and early treaties with
the government. They have written personal obser­
vations about their local communites and are making
booklets on their own autobiographies.
W arm S prings : The Warm Springs home room
have been studying the latest information that Supt.
Elliott brought. After going over the different prob­
lems, the class made out questions and answered
them. The pupils in this home room have been
looking foward to this information for quite awhile
and they seem glad to be studying some thing
different.
Northern Idaho Tribes
The Kootenai, once known as the "Flat Bows,”
are a division of the Shushwaps family. The Coeur D’
Alene are a division the Salish family and the Nez
Perce are a division of the Sahaptin family.
Coeur D’ Alene means "hearts like the point of an
awl,” a name which was given to the tribe because
a chief expressed the Canadian trader’s meaness in
this way.
Nez Perce means "pierced noses,” although the
custom of piercing the noses has never been known
to be practiced by these people.
These Tribes at present inhabit the Northern part
of Idaho.
The Kootenai and Coeur D’Alene are also a division
of the Flathead nation.
These tribes resemble more the plains Indians
than the Columbia River group. They are spoken of
as the inland tribes.
A great council of the white officials and Indian
chiefs was held on the ancient council ground at
Walla Walla in May, 1855, for the purpose of draw­
ing up treaties with Indian tribes. Most of the
chiefs claimed they didn’t understand what was pro­
posed by the treaty. When the treaty was finally
signed, the provisions were later broken by white
“squatters.”
Indian uprisings occurred between 1856-1858,
due to unrest amongst the Yakima promoted by
Chief Kamiakin.
Gold was discovered at Colville and the miners
poured into the territory. Completely ignoring the
treaty restriction.
The government failed to fulfill its obligations of
the treaty of 1855 and later the Nez Perce Indians
refused to agree to the treaty of 1863. A war en­
sued by War Chief Joseph, who did everything with­
in his power to avert it.
E-dah-hoe an Indian name for Idaho means "gem
of the mountains.”—G ertrude H ayes
One does not get an education anywhere. One be­
comes an educated person by virtue of patient study
quiet meditation, intellectual courage, and a life-
devoted to the discovery of service and truth.