The 1889 Agreement

This agreement resulted in the transfer of the lands adjoining the Coeur d’ Alene Lake, Coeur d’ Alene River and St. Joe River, areas at the time still inhabited by the most traditional Schitsu’umsh people.

Color photo of orange and brown houses surrounded by trees near the shoreline of Lake Hayden in northern Idaho.

 

by IFHCIdaho June 30, 2021