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Three Wanapum Survivors Highlight Vanishing Tribe
Wanapum Indians, once numbering about two and a half thousand in 1805, now have only three survivors. They lived along the Columbia near Priest Rapids, avoided treaties, and faced relocation as Priest Rapids Dam projects began in 1956 with aid from Grant County Public Utility District to preserve carvings and help transition to a new era.
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