Okanagan Indians

Ancestral Homeland: Washington and British Columbia

Brief Timeline
1805: Lewis and Clark expedition

1810: John Jacob Astor, formed the Pacific Fur Trading Company.

1811: Fur traders came in contact with the tribe

1811-1860: Fort Okanaga established

1813: Fort Astoria (French), re-named Fort George and Fort Okanagan now in British Columbia

1833: smallpox epidemic

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Important Web Sites

 * Okanagan People Wikipedia