Tenino
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oregon
The Tenino (also known as the Warm Springs tribe), a branch of the Sahaptian family, originally occupied the valley of the Des Chutes River in Oregon. As is generally true for the Sahaptian tribes, there is no ethnographic evidence or traditional lore to show where the Tenino lived earlier than their first encounter with white explorers and traders in the early 1800's. Sahaptian tribes lived in village communities of varying size. Because they relied on hunting and fishing—salmon was a chief staple of their diet—as well as on gathering roots and berries, they were forced to move...
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