While sanpoil is a native American word meaning "unknown," the Sanpoil tribe has flourished since 1600 in Washington State with a large number of villages along the Sanpoil River, and the Columbia River below Big Bend, Oregon. Sanpoils belong to the Salishan linguistic group. Later they lived on the Sanpoil and Colville Reservations in Washington State.
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