Welcome to Wenatchi Cotton Tote bag

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Welcome to Wenatchi

The inspiration for this design is our hometown; Wenatchi, WA.

The Wenatchi Tribe, P’squosa, were promised a large area of land to be surveyed by the government for their own reservation. What is known as Wenatchee, Malaga, Cashmere, Monitor, Dryden, Leavenworth, Lake Wenatchee and surrounding areas are what should be the Wenatchi Reservation. One of the signers of the Yakima Treaty of 1855 was a Wenatchi member (Tecolecun). This treaty also provided for the Wenatchi Reservation around the P'squosa fishing locations, but unbeknownst to the tribe, the Federal government never recognized the boundaries of this agreement, and failed to uphold the treaties. The government agent who was in charge of surveying the Wenatchi Reservation interests were far greater invested in the railroad & working with the new settlers. The Wenatchi Tribal members were encouraged to move to the Moses-Columbia Reservation, but most filed for homesteads while waiting for their promised reservation to be formalized. Taxes and fees imposed on these homesteads however, forced many of the Wenatchi Tribal members to move to the Colville Reservation & Yakama Reservation.

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