Talk:Coast Salish

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[edit] Great resource

Someone created Colville (tribe) which is a good thing because there's a difference between the original meaning and what "the Colvilles" means today, i.e. a blended people/language on the Colville Indian Reservation, which includes the surviving original Colvilles. The source used by the author of that article turns out to have a lot of tribal and village and fishing-location information on all tribes, although most cites are older ones rather than modern: here is the link, though for Washington only, haven't looked at the Canada and Oregon sections.Skookum1 (talk) 14:27, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

For quick reference these are the sources genealogy.com used to build/write that site:

• Handbook of American Indians (1906) ~ Frederick W. Hodge
• Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi (1922) ~ David I. Bushnell
• Drakes Indians of North America (1880) ~ Samuel G. Drake
• The Indian Tribes of North America (1953) ~ John R. Swanton

All very out of date, but still the result is surprisingly thorough, though in need of updating/adapting.Skookum1 (talk) 14:38, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Also found this and related pages; heavily propagandistic but with lots of details.Skookum1 (talk) 16:25, 7 April 2008 (UTC)