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Chief Moses

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Chief Moses (born Kwiltalahun, later called Sulk-stalk-scosum - "The Sun Chief") (c. 1829 – March 25, 1899) was a Native American chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia, in what is now Washington State. [1]

35 relations: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Caldwell, Idaho, Canada–United States border, Carl Schurz, Cascade Range, Chelan River, Chester A. Arthur, Christian, Christian name, Columbia River, Columbia River drainage basin, Colville Indian Reservation, English language, Henry H. Spalding, Lake Chelan, Lapwai, Idaho, Moses Coulee, Moses Lake, Moses Lake, Washington, Nespelem, Washington, Nez Perce people, O'Sullivan Dam, Okanogan County, Washington, Okanogan River, Osoyoos Lake, Rutherford B. Hayes, Sinkiuse-Columbia, Stevens County, Washington, United States Secretary of the Interior, University of Oklahoma, Washington (state), Waterville, Washington, White Bluffs, Washington, Yakima War, Yakima, Washington.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Caldwell, Idaho

Caldwell is a city in and the county seat of Canyon County, Idaho, United States.

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Canada–United States border

The Canada–United States border, officially known as the International Boundary, is the longest international border in the world between two countries.

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Carl Schurz

Carl Christian Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.

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Cascade Range

The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.

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Chelan River

The Chelan River is a tributary of the Columbia River, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Chester A. Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885; he succeeded James A. Garfield upon the latter's assassination.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christian name

A Christian name, sometimes referred to as a baptismal name, is a religious personal name historically given on the occasion of a Christian baptism, though now most often assigned by parents at birth.

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Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Columbia River drainage basin

The Columbia River drainage basin is the drainage basin of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

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Colville Indian Reservation

The Colville Indian Reservation is a Native American reservation in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Washington, inhabited and managed by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which is federally recognized.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Henry H. Spalding

Henry Harmon Spalding (1803–1874), and his wife Eliza Hart Spalding (1807–1851) were prominent Presbyterian missionaries and educators working primarily with the Nez Perce in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

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Lake Chelan

Lake Chelan is a narrow, long lake in Chelan County, north-central Washington state, U.S. Before 1927, it was the largest natural lake in the state by any measure.

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Lapwai, Idaho

Lapwai is a city in Nez Perce County, Idaho, United States.

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Moses Coulee

Moses Coulee is a canyon in the Waterville plateau region of Douglas County, Washington.

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Moses Lake

Moses Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of Crab Creek, in Washington state, USA.

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Moses Lake, Washington

Moses Lake is a city in Grant County, Washington, United States.

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Nespelem, Washington

Nespelem is a town in Okanogan County, Washington, United States.

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Nez Perce people

The Nez Perce (autonym: Niimíipuu in their own language, meaning "the walking people" or "we, the people") are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who have lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States for a long time.

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O'Sullivan Dam

O'Sullivan Dam (National ID # WA00268), one of the largest earthfill dams in the United States (200 ft/61 m high; 19,000 ft/5,791 m long; completed 1949), is on Crab Creek in the U.S. state of Washington, about 45 km south of Ephrata and 25 km south of Moses Lake.

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Okanogan County, Washington

Okanogan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–US border.

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Okanogan River

The Okanogan River (known as the Okanagan River in Canada) is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 115 mi (185 km) long, in southern British Columbia and north central Washington.

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Osoyoos Lake

Osoyoos Lake is a lake located in British Columbia and Washington.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881, an American congressman, and governor of Ohio.

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Sinkiuse-Columbia

The Sinkiuse-Columbia were a Native American tribe so-called because of their former prominent association with the Columbia River.

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Stevens County, Washington

Stevens County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington along the Canada–US border.

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United States Secretary of the Interior

The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a coeducational public research university in Norman, Oklahoma.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Waterville, Washington

Waterville is a town in and the county seat of Douglas County, Washington, United States.

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White Bluffs, Washington

White Bluffs was an agricultural town in Benton County, Washington, United States.

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Yakima War

The Yakima War (1855-1858) was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the Northwest Plateau, then part of Washington Territory, and the tribal allies of each.

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Yakima, Washington

Yakima is a U.S. city, the county seat of Yakima County, Washington and the state's eleventh largest city by population.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Moses

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