My grandmother was born on Kalispel Indian reservation on Dec 12, 1912. Does anyone know where I need to get info from. I f someone would reply to thi and help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Tracy

Hi Tracy, I don't know about the Kalispel Indian Reservation but do a Google on Kalispel Indians of Montana. That brought up several web sites.

I did find a Maybelle J. Lynch, 535-34-2700, last residence (or might be where last benefit check was mailed) was St. John, Whitman Co., WA. She died 17 May 1988. Her social security number was assigned in WA in 1954. Source: Social Security Death Index.

Maybelle Lynch died 17 May 1988, Colfax, Whitman Co. She was born abt. 1913 & lived in Whitman Co. Source: WA Death Index.

A Maybelle Lynch appears on the 1930 Ewan, Whitman Co., WA Census with her husband Beryl M. Lynch. She was born abt. 1913, WA. Beryl was born abt. 1911, WA and was a general farm laborer. They had been married one year. Beryl's brother Darel D. Lynch, single, b. abt. 1913, WA was living with them.

I tried to find her in the 1920 Census but didn't even when I searched under Bailey and Randall and Dettman. However, I didn't look through each page. Good Luck!

The 1920 Census for Big Bottom, Lewis County, Washington
John H. Randall, age 41, born in Minnesota to father born in Maine, mother in New York, farmer
Willa N. born in Missouri to both parents born in Kentucky
Maybelle J, age 7, born in Washington
Clarice E, age 4 8/12, born in WA.
--Were Maybelle and Clarice adopted after the death of their father, or are these the wrong ones?

I also find a User submitted tree on Ancestry.com that shows:
Maybelle Dettman, born 12 Dec 1912 to Rudolph Rhinehart Dettman. He died 1918 and Clarice Castle, born 16 Mar 1885, died 19 May 1946. They married on 11 May 1903 and had six children: Ralph, Clarice Ann, Eva, Marguerite, Lenore, Maybelle.
--Maybelle married Beryl Mace Lynch, born 19 Mar 1911 in Ewan, WA. The data indicates they had eight children.
---This data comes from Ancestry.com's "One World Tree". It did not show the name of the tree contributor. One World Tree is also RIFE with errors. It is a database system that joins data from submitted family trees, so, if one tree is wrong, it makes the entire database wrong. So, I can NOT guarantee any of the above is accurate.

The 1930 Census fo Ewan, Whitman County, Washington
Beryl M. Lynch, age 19, born in Washington
Maybelle Lynch, age 17, born in Washington to both parents born in Wisconsin
Darel D. Lynch, brother, age 17.

The World War I Draft Registration image database shows: "Ralph Richard Dettman", born April 17, 1882, married to Clara Ann Dettman, living at 702 East 35th, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA.

The Tacoma Library has an online obituary listing of those published in the Tacoma News Tribune. http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/obits/
Ralph R. Dettman, died 18 Nov 1918, obit on 19 Nov 1918, page 10 in the Tacoma Daily Ledger, on 19 nov 1918, page 3 in the Tacoma News Tribune.
You can order an obit free via: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/ask.aspx
--It also shows a Ralph Dettman JR on 23 August 1966, page 38.
---If the library service doesn't find the obituary, let me know and I'll visit the library in Tacoma and get the obit from microfilm. When you email the WA Library, make sure you identify WHERE and WHEN the obit was published.
---also note, the family tree data shows the father as Rudolph Rheinhart Dettman, died 1918, the Tacoma death in 1918 was Ralph R. Dettman. "Possibly" the same, but perhaps not.

The Washington Birth Index 1907-1919
22 Aug (no year); Father Ralph R. Dettman and Clara Castle, daughter Clareian (as transcribed could be Clarice?).
29 March 1914, same parents, son, "Dettman, Dettman"
1 May 1917, same parents, daughter Elizabeth Dettman.

I know this info does not identify the Kalispel Indian Reservation. BUT, they are NOT in Montana. The town of Kalispel is in Montana, but the Pend Oreille tribe was a tribe of Native Americans that lived in the Pend Oreill area of Washington. Your grandmother could have very well been born in that area, but, based on the information above, she "probably" wasn't Native American. The reservation was small. If you are not familar with Pend Oreille County...it is beautiful. My own home county of Stevens and my grandparents homestead bordered this area. Lots of lakes, forested land, mountains, etc.

Try this search engine: http://www.alltheweb.com/advanced?cs=utf-8
---I also suggest searching under the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the current website:
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html is still mostly out of service due to the Federal lawsuit in the Cobell Case. This case has reached dissolution (as least I thought so). It kept a lot of access to Department of Interior History files off line...to include the Homestead Act/Farm purchase site. I did check this database to see if there was a Dettman land purchase, but did not find one.

I will try to answer your original question: Kalispel Tribe of Indians, Usk, WA. Check out threir website at www.kalispeltribe.com. The site has a place to leave messages and their regular mailing address. I would recommend you send your message 'attention Probate.' Also, make it very clear that you are looking for family information, but not fishing for enrollment. Their tribal government is fairly small, it may take some time for some one to get back to you.
The Indians who live by Lake Kalispel in Montana are the BLACKFEET.......