The Spokane Indian tribe use to have millions of acres of land, they fished the Spokane River and the Spokane Falls, they also use to live near the river with three different “bands” Upper, Middle and Lower Spokane Indians (this was their class system). The reservation was made by president Rutherford B. Hayes in 1881 as an executive order. Nowadays the reservation is smaller it 159,000 acres in size. The Spokane Indian reservation is located in Wellpinit, Washington. Wellpinit is about 50 miles northwest of Spokane, Washington. As of 1010, there were about 35,000 people living on the reservation. Also, the reservation is divided into 108,874 acres of forest land, 10,328 acres of lakes, 25 maintained campsites, 8,552 acres of farming land.
