Allen, John Eliot and Marjorie Burns with Sam C. Sargent. Cataclysms on the Columbia.Portland: Timber Press, 1986. The geologic formation of the Columbia River Gorge and the Palouse.

Amara, Mark S. and George E. Neff. Geological Road Trips: In Grant County Washington.Moses Lake: Adam East Museum and Art Center, 1996.Takes the reader through Grant County’s geological features.

Anglin, Ron. Forgotten Trails: Historical Sources of the Big Bend Country. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1995. Sections on the Columbia Sinkiuse include an oral history interview.

Arrington, Leonard. Beet Sugar in the West: A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1891-1966. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1966.

Binder, Denis. A Legal Analysis of the Colville Indian Claims With Respect to Construction of Grand Coulee and Chief Joseph Dams. Law Library: University of Oklahoma, Sept. 28, 1976.

Brown, William Compton. The Indian Side of the Story. Spokane: C.W. Hill Print Co., 1961.

Cone, Joseph and Sandy Ridlington, eds. The Northwest Salmon Crisis: A Documentary History. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1996.

DeVoto, Bernard, ed. The Journals of Lewis & Clark. Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963.

The Economic Prospects of the Moses Lake Area. Seattle: Clark, Coleman & Rupeiks, Inc., 1965.

Gidley, M. With One Sky Above Us: Life On an Indian Reservation at the Turn of the Century. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1979.This collection of photographs on the Colville Reservation by Dr. E.H. Latham is accompanied by synopses of the lifeways of various Plateau Tribes, including the Columbia Sinkiuse.

Grand Coulee Dam Area Community Development Study, History Report. n.p., 1958.

Green, Constance M. Basic Information of a Growing Area: Grant County, Washington. 1959. The Grant County Resource Committee, 1959.

Harden, Blaine. A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996.This book tells the story of the social consequences of building of Grand Coulee Dam.

Howard, Oliver Otis. Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known. New York: Century Company,1908.

___. My Life and Experiences Among Our Hostile Indians. Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1907.

___. Nez Perc�� Joseph: An Account of His Ancestors, His Lands, His Confederates, His Murders, His War, His Pursuit and Capture. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1881.

Hull, Lindley. A History of Central Washington. Spokane: Shaw & Borden, 1929.

Hunn, Eugene. Nch’i-Wana, ‘The Big River’: Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land, with James Selam and Family, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995.Explores the relationships between Native American culture, language and the landscape of the Mid-Columbia River. Comprehensive, useful, and essential for a general understanding of the Mid-Columbia region and Native Americans on the Columbia River.

An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin Counties. Spokane: Western Historical Publishing Company, 1904.Pioneer stories of the settlement of the Big Bend region.

Keyser, James, D. Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau. Seattle: University of Washington Press; Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1992. Explores the spiritual and social significance of rock art and identifies numerous places where the waters of the Columbia, backed up bydams, have eliminated rock art from sight.

MacConnell, James D and William R. Odell. Moses Lake: A New Frontier. Stanford University, 1952. A brief history of Neppel and Moses Lake prepared for the Board of Directors of Moses Lake Consolidated School District No. 161.

Mooney, James, The Aboriginal Population of America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 80, no. 7 (1928):16. Population estimates for the Columbia Sinkiuse and neighboring groups.

Okanogan Independent. Glimpses of Pioneer Life of Okanogan County, Washington.Okanogan, Washington: Okanogan Independent,1924.

Pitzer, Paul Curtis. Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream. Pullman: Washington State University Press, 1994. Provides a comprehensive look at the building of Grand Coulee Dam from political, economic, and social perspectives.

___. “Visions, Plans, and Realities: A History of the Columbia Basin Project.” Ph.D. diss., University of Oregon, June 1990. An in-depth study of the Columbia Basin Project from political, economic, and social perspectives.

Plateau. Series, Handbook of North American Indians, v. 12 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1998. An overview of Plateau groups including the Columbia Sinkiuse.

Ray, Verne F. The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington.Seattle: University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, No. 5., 1933. Overview of Salishan culture.

Relander, Click. fwd. by Dr. Frederick Webb Hodge. Drummers and Dreamers: The Story of Smowhala the Prophet and His Nephew Puck Hyah Toot, the Last Prophet of the Nearly Extinct River People, the Last Wanapums. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd.,1956.

Ruby, Robert H. and John A. Brown. A guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The Civilization of the American Indian series, no.173. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992 

___. Half-Sun on the Columbia: A Biography of Chief Moses. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,1965. This biography focuses on Chief Moses’ role as the leader of the Columbia Sinkiuse and his attempts to maintain Sinkiuse homelands.

Seedorf, Rita. “Building the Big Bend Country: The Saga of the Matthews Family, 1890-1960.” MA Thesis, Eastern Washington University,1980.

Sharkey, Margery Ann Beach. “Revitalization and Change: a history of the Wanapum Indians, their prophet Smowhala, and the Washani Religion.” M.A. Thesis, Washington State University, 1984.Thesis focuses on continuity and change in the religious beliefs of the Wanapum.

Spalding, Henry H. And Asa B. Smith. The Diaries and Letters of Henry H. Spalding and Asa Smith Relating to the Nez Perc�� Mission. ed. by Clifford Merrill Drury. Glendale, 1958. Chief Moses spent some time at Lapwai as a child and missionary Henry Spalding refers to him in his diaries and letters.

Splawn, A.J. Ka-mi-akin, The Last Hero of the Yakimas.Portland,Oregon: Kilham Stationery & Printing Co., 1917.

Steele, Richard F. An Illustrated History of the Big Bend. Spokane: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.

Woods, Rufus. The 23 Years Battle for Grand Coulee Dam. Wenatchee: Wenatchee Daily World, 1944.

Articles

Albany Institute. MacMurray, Maj. J.W. “The Dreamers of the Columbia River Valley.” Transactions of the Albany Institute (1887): 241-24. Major J.W. MacMurray describes his encounter with Smowhala of the Wanapum and the prophet’s aversion to private land ownership.

Briley, Ann. “Hiram F. Smith, First Settler of Okanogan County.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 43, no. 3 (July, 1952).

Davenport, Walter. “Power in the Wilderness.” Colliers. (September 21, 1935).

Deutsch, Herman J. “Indian and White in the Inland Empire,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 47, no. 2 (April 1956).

Eland, Roy E. “The ‘Indian Problem’: Pacific Northwest, 1879.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 70 (1969): 101-138.

Esvelt, John P. “Chief Moses of the Spokanes,” Pacific Northwesterner, 9, no. 1 (Winter 1965).

Gardner, Grace Christiansen. “Life Among North Central Washington First Families,” Wenatchee Daily World, 20 December 1935.

Gwydir, Rickard D. “A Record of the San Poil Indians.” Washington Historical Quarterly 8, no. 4 (October, 1917).

Hermilt, John, and Louis Judge. “The Wenatchee Indians Ask Justice.” Washington Historical Quarterly 16, no. 1 (January 1925).

Huggins, E.L. “Smohalla, the Prophet of Priest Rapids.” Overland Monthly 17, Second Series (January – June, 1891).

“The Indian.” The West Shore 4, no. 1 (September, 1878).

“The Land of Moses.” The West Shore, 11, no. 3 (March 1885).

Isinger, R, “The Grand Coulee Dam.” The Nation 141, no. 3655 (July 24, 1935): 101 – 102.

Linsley, D.C. “Pioneering in the Cascade Country.” Civil Engineering 2, no. 6 (June 1932)

Mooney, James, “The Aboriginal Populations of America North of Mexico.” Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 80, no. 7 (1928): 16.

Neuberger, Richard L. “The Great Salmon Mystery,” Saturday Evening Post (13 Sept. 1941): 20-21, 44.

Oliphant, J. Orin. “Encroachments of Cattlemen on Indian Reservations in the Pacific Northwest 1870-1890.” Agricultural History 24 (January 1950).

Presbyterian Historical Society, “The Spalding-Lowrie Correspondence.” The Journal of the Department of History, the Presbyterian Historical Society of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 20, nos. 1, 2, 3 (March, June, September, 1942).

Randolph, June. “Witness of Indian Religion,” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 48, no. 4 (October, 1957).

Ray, Verne F. “The Bluejay Character in the Plateau Spirit Dance,” American Anthropologist 39, no. 4 (October – December, 1937).

Rorty, James, “Grand Coulee.” The Nation 140, no. 3637 (March 20, 1935) : 329-331.

Seedorf, Rita G. and Martin F. “Runways & Reclamation: The Influence of the Federal Government on Moses Lake.” Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History (Summer 1994). An overview of the history of Moses Lake, from early settlement to life after the closure of Larson Air Force Base. Moses Lake is described as a “town affected by its geographic location and the impact of the federal government.”

Sherwood, S.F. “The Cunning of Chief Moses.” The Washington Historian 1. no. 4 (July 1900).

Strong, Thomas Nelson. “The Indians of the Northwest.” Pacific Monthly Magazine 16, no. 2 (August 1906).

Teit, James H. Ed. Franz Boas. “The Middle Columbia Salish.” University of Washington Publications in Anthropology. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2, no. 4 (1928): 83-128. Provides a general overview of Mid-Columbia Salish culture and includes specific information about the Sinkiuse and neighboring groups.

Wood, C.E.S. “Famous Indians; Portraits of Some Indian Chiefs.” Century Magazine 24, no. 1 (1893).

-. “An Indian Horse Race.” Century Magazine 11 (1887).

-. “Private Journal, 1879.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 70 (1969): 139-170.

Annual Report, 1859 (36 Cong., 1 sess., Sen. Exec. Doc. No. 2), I, 759.

Government Documents

Anti-Speculation Act. S. 2172. Public No. 117. May 27, 1937.

Arthur, Chester A. “Withdrawing a fifteen mile strip from the Columbia Reservations. Executive Mansion. February 23, 1883.

Bracero Act. H.J. Res. 96. Public No. 45. April 29, 1943.

Hayes, Rutherford B. “Creating the Columbia Reservation.” Executive Mansion. April 19, 1879.

___. “Expanding the Columbia Reservation.” Executive Mansion. March 6, 1880.

Mitchell Act. Public No. 75-502. 52 Stat. 345. 1938.

Moses Lake. City Council Meeting Minutes. 1929, 1939, 1940.

Moses Lake. “Incorporation of the town of Moses Lake.” 1938.

Reclamation Act. Public, No. 161. June 17, 1902.

Rivers and Harbors Act. H.R. 6250. Public, No. 409. 74th Cong., 1st.sess. chs. 829-831. August 30, 1935.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. “Japanese Removal.” Executive Order 9066. February 19, 1942.

Rural Electrification Act. S. 3483. Public, No. 605. May 20, 1936.

United States Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Division of Forestry and Grazing. Report on the Source, Nature and Extent of the Fishing, Hunting and Miscellaneous Related Rights of Certain Indian Tribes in Washington and Oregon Together With Affidavits Showing Location of a Number of Usual and Accustomed Fishing Grounds and Stations. Los Angeles, CA, July 1942. The report contains maps, photos and two affidavits from Wanapum Indians, including Johnny Buck, in 1942.

U.S. Air Force. Larson Air Force Base Guide and Directory. circa 1961.

U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Grand Coulee Settlement Act. Report submitted by Mr. Miller of California to accompany H.R. 4757. 103rd Cong., 2d sess,1994.

U.S. Congress. Senate. U.S. Commisioner of Fisheries Report. S. Doc. No. 87. 75th Cong., 1st sess, 1937.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs. Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, Acquisition of Spokane and Colville Indian Reservation Lands. Report submitted by Mr. Thomas of Oklahoma. 76th Cong., 3d sess., 1940.

U.S. Congress. Senate. Message From the President of the United States Transmitting A communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 4th instant, with draft of bill to accept and ratify an agreement made with Chief Moses and other Indians for the relinquishment of certain lands in Washington Territory. 48th Cong., 1st sess., Ex. Doc. No. 16. 1883.

U.S. President. “Eliminating the Columbia Reservation.” Executive Mansion. May 1, 1886.

Yakima Treaty. June 9, 1855. In Hunn, Eugene. Nch’i-Wana, ‘The Big River’: Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land, with James Selam and Family, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995.

NewspapersColumbia Basin Herald
Grant County Journal
Neppel Record
Spokesman Review
Wenatchee Daily World

Interviews

Interviews were conducted by the staff and volunteers of the Moses Lake Museum and Art Center, Moses Lake, WA.

Blakes, Carrie Kitty. Interview by Louis F. Logan, 2 June 1996.

Deane, Dick. Interview by Bill Wilson, 25 January 1996, 5 March 1996.

Ebel, Ed and Marge. Interview by Bill Wilson, 2 January 1996.

Garcia, Yadira. Interview by Andrea Stucki, 29 May 1996.

Goodwin, Don. Interview by Ed Baroch, 4 January 1996.

Hanson, Wanda. Interview by Andrea Stucki, 19 February 1996.

Hirai, Paul and Virginia. Interviewed by Joe Rogers, 6 August 1996.

Hull, Gladys. Interview by Adri Boulton, 5 January 1996.

Jorgenson, Remina. Interview by Andrea Stucki, 17 November 1995.

Koba, Frank. Interview by Ron Pufahl, 13 November 1995.

Owen, Clyde. Interview by Ed Baroch, 10 February 1996.

Quick, Roberta and John. Interview by Ron Pufahl, 28 February 1996.

Roth, Walter and Florence. Interview by Louis Logan, 5 November 1995.

Schiffner, George and Margaret. Interview by Louis Logan, 11 November 1995, 18 November 1995.

Stucki, Andrea. Interview by Yadira Garcia, 10 April 1996.

Tokunaga, Joe, Lilian, and Fujiye. Interviewed by Joe Rogers, 8 August 1996.

Washington, Nat and Eric Peterson. Interview by Larry Peterson, 15 February 1996.

Yamamoto, Harry Jr. Interview by Aleta Zak, 7 December 1995.

Manuscripts

L.V. McWhorter, “How Gray Squirrel Drove the Buffalo from Moses Coulee,” McWhorter Papers, No. 6, MS 1512 (Holland Library, Washington State University, Pullman, WA).

Francis Streamer, Miscellaneous Notebooks, Folder No. 2 (Washington State Historical Society)