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Chief Moses. Chief Moses (born Kwiltalahun, later called Sulk-stalk-scosum - "The Sun Chief") (c. 1829 – March 25, 1899) was a Native American chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia, [1] in what is now Washington state. The territory of his tribe extended approximately from Waterville to White Bluffs, in the Columbia Basin.
The Moses Coulee, Moses-Columbia, is an Ice Age canyon (coulee) just south of the Columbia River west of Coulee City on U.S. Highway 2. Not to be confused, Coulee City is located in the Grand Coulee, a similar and more famous Ice Age canyon that lies east of the Moses Coulee.
Stata'ketux, around White Bluffs on the Columbia River..tskowa'xtsEnux or .skowa'xtsFnEx, also called Moses-Columbia or Moses Band after Chief Moses. Curtis (1907–09) gives the following: "Near the mouth of the sink of Crab Creek were the Sinkumkunatkuh, and above them the SinkolkolumInuh.
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Chief Moses was leader of the Sinkiuse tribe from 1859 to 1899, and was forced to negotiate with white settlers who began to settle in the area in the 1880s. Under pressure from the government, Chief Moses traded the Columbia Basin land for a reservation that stretched from Lake Chelan north to the Canada–US border.
Columbia Fire and Rescue Chief Ty Cobb speaks at a Patriot Day ceremony at Fire Station No. 1 in Columbia, Tenn., on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020.
Cheryl Schweizer, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. November 20, 2023 at 3:52 PM Proceeds from the "Tip A Cop" fundraiser will go to the SLPD Benevolent Fund, used for its Shop with a Cop ...