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==== Brief Timeline  ====
==== Brief Timeline  ====


*'''1805:''' Lewis and Clark Expedition  
*1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition  
*'''1810: '''John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Trading Company.  
*1810: John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Trading Company.  
*'''1811: '''Fur traders came in contact with the tribe  
*1811: Fur traders came in contact with the tribe  
*'''1811-1860:''' Fort Okanagan established  
*1811-1860: Fort Okanagan established  
*'''1813:''' Fort Astoria (French), re-named Fort George and Fort Okanagan now in British Columbia  
*1813: Fort Astoria (French), re-named Fort George and Fort Okanagan now in British Columbia  
*'''1833:''' smallpox epidemic  
*1833: Smallpox epidemic  
*'''1840:''' many had become "Christianized."  
*1840: Many had become "Christianized."  
*'''1840-1850's:''' recurring periods of famine  
*1840-1850's: Recurring periods of famine  
*'''1847-1855:''' Cayuse War  
*1847-1855: Cayuse War  
*'''1847:''' French Catholic missionaries - Oblates - arrived in Walla Walla  
*1847: French Catholic missionaries - Oblates - arrived in Walla Walla  
*'''1858:''' Caribou gold-rushers  
*1858: Caribou gold-rushers  
*'''1859:''' French Catholic missionaries - Oblates -moved to British Columbia and worked with the Okanagan Father Charles Pandosy and Bishop Magloire Blanchet; also worked among the Yakima and Cayuse missions.  
*1859: French Catholic missionaries - Oblates -moved to British Columbia and worked with the Okanagan Father Charles Pandosy and Bishop Magloire Blanchet; also worked among the Yakima and Cayuse missions.  
*'''1872:''' Colville Reservation is established  
*1872: Colville Reservation is established  
*'''1891:''' Treaty - not ratified
*1891: Treaty - not ratified


Webber Jean and En'owkin Center. edited by. ''Okanagan Sources''. Theytus Books Ltd. Penticton, B.C.copyright 1990. ISBN 0-919441-33-5  
Webber Jean and En'owkin Center. edited by. ''Okanagan Sources''. Theytus Books Ltd. Penticton, B.C.copyright 1990. ISBN 0-919441-33-5  
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=== Records  ===
=== Records  ===
The '''majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies'''. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:<br>
*[[American Indian Allotment Records|Allotment records]]
*[[American Indian Annuity Rolls|Annuity rolls]]
*[[American Indian Census Rolls|Census records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Correspondence]]
*[[American Indian Health Records|Health records]]
*[[American Indian Correspondence and Reports|Reports]]
*[[American Indian School Records|School census and records]]
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]


=== Important Web Sites  ===
=== Important Web Sites  ===
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