In 1855 the Warm Springs Reservation was created in Oregon for the Warm Springs and Wasco Tribes. The Wascos were the easternmost Chinook-speakers. The Wascos received their name from the village of Wasq’u, their principal village. The name means “small bowl” or “cup” and refers to a cup-shaped rock near the village into which a spring bubbled. The Wascos traditionally lived on the south bank of the Columbia River between The Dalles and Hood River.
The Museum at Warm Springs includes an exhibit of Wasco homelife in the nineteenth century.
More American Indian museum exhibits
Indians 101: Plateau Indian food gathering (museum exhibit)
Indians 101: Native American Salmon Fishing on the Columbia River (museum exhibit)
Indians 101: Dugout canoes of the Upper Columbia River (museum tour)
Indians 101: Trade, Tradition, Change in the Columbia Plateau (museum tour)
Indians 101: Plateau Women's Gathering Bags (Photo Diary)
Indians 101: Plateau Horse Regalia (Photo Diary)
Indians 101: The Plateau Indian Tool Kit (Photo Diary)
Indians 101: The Plateau Indian Longhouse (museum tour)