Sinkiuse-Columbia
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The Sinkiuse-Columbia are a Native American tribe so-called because of their former prominent association with the Columbia River. They speak the Columbia-Moses language and are an Interior Salish people whose nearest relatives are the Wenatchis and Methows.
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The Sinkiuse-Columbia are a Native American tribe so-called because of their former prominent association with the Columbia River. They speak the Columbia-Moses language and are an Interior Salish people whose nearest relatives are the Wenatchis and Methows.
== Name == The Sinkiuses call themselves , or (meaning has something to do with "main valley"), or Sinkiuse. They apply the name to other neighboring Interior Salish peoples, potentially originating from a band that once inhabited the Umatilla Valley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sinkiuse-Columbia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.