Palouse people
Palouse-Colville Family (1905) University of Washington Digital Collections | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| United States (Washington) (Oregon) (Idaho) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Salishan, Sahaptin | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Colville, Sanpoil, Nespelem, Sinixt, Wenatchi, Entiat, Methow, Southern Okanagan, Sinkiuse-Columbia, and the Nez Perce of Chief Joseph's band |
The Palouse /pəˈluːs/ or Palus are a Sahaptin tribe and an Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau living in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
They are signatories of the Treaty of 1855 with the United States along with the Yakama. It was negotiated at the 1855 Walla Walla Council. Today, they are primarily enrolled in the federally recognized Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, and some are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe.