Sanpoil tribe
Sign in to saveThe Sanpoil are a Native American people of the U.S. state of Washington. They are one of the Interior Salish peoples and are one of the 12 bands of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a federally recognized tribe.
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The Sanpoil are a Native American people of the U.S. state of Washington. They are one of the Interior Salish peoples and are one of the 12 bands of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, a federally recognized tribe.
The Sanpoil are Interior Salish Native Americans, a designation that also includes the Okanagan, Sinixt, Lakes, Wenatchee, Nespelem, Spokane, Kalispel, Pend d'Oreilles, Coeur d'Alene, and Flathead peoples. Indian agent William Parkhurst Winans classified the Nespelem as part of the Sanpoil. The Sanpoil and Nespelem share many cultural and linguistic traits.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanpoil tribe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.