Kalispel Reservation (Qlispé sqlixʷúlexʷs)

The Kalispel Reservation is located near Usk and Cusick, WA (čmq̓ʷoqnú), located in the heart of the Kalispel Tribe’s territory.  The aboriginal lands of the Kalispels spanned from northeast Washington north into British Columbia and east through the Idaho panhandle ...

Kalispel Fishing (q̓q̓m̓éyeʔi)

The Kalispels are river people. Their homelands follow the Pend Oreille River and fishing is a prominent part of their traditional lifeways. Today, the fishery remains an important natural resource on the Kalispel Reservation. Each year, with the thaw of ...

Kalispel Buffalo (q̓ʷyq̓ʷay)

Well-worn paths traversed the Pend Oreille River Valley long before the first explorers passed through it.  The trails provided the Kalispel people (Qlispélixʷ) with important links to seasonal food sources, community relations, and trade.

The trail to the buffalo, a ...

Sulphur Works

In September 1865, the Red Bluff Independent reported that T. M. Boardman and some partners had made arrangements with Dr. Mathias B. Supan of Red Bluff to develop one of these sulphur deposits into a working mine. Supan, a medical ...

Peter Lassen

Lassen Peak was named for Peter Lassen, one of the first white settlers in the northern Sacramento Valley and the discoverer of a route through the mountains called the Lassen Trail. In the decade and a half that Peter Lassen ...

California Spotted Owl

The California spotted owl is one of three subspecies of spotted owls that occurs within the United States. The Mexican spotted owl is found in the southwestern states and Mexico. The Northern spotted owl occupies western Washington, Oregon and California. ...

Peregrine Falcon

The American Peregrine Falcon, once a common resident throughout much of California, began rapidly declining about the mid-part of the 20^thcentury. The chief factor responsible for this ...

Bumpass Hell

Hydrothermal (hot water) features at Lassen Volcanic National Park fascinate visitors to this region of northeastern California. Boiling mudpots, steaming ground, roaring fumaroles, and sulfurous gases are linked to active volcanism and are all reminders of ...

Lassen Peak

On May 22, 1915, an explosive eruption at Lassen Peak, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range, devastated nearby areas and rained volcanic ash as far away as 200 miles to the east. This explosion ...

Chaparral

Chaparral is a general term that applies to various types of bushland found in certain climates throughout the world, including the scrublands of Southern California. Chaparral is usually characterized as having warm and dry summers and wet and mild winters. ...