Wellpinit is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Stevens County,

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, United States. Wellpinit has a

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with ZIP code 99040.cnty=cnty&zip=99040&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup
/ref> It is the setting of the young adult novel,

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian ''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian'' is a first-person narrative novel by Sherman Alexie, from the perspective of a Native American teenager, Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old promising cartoonist. The book i ...

Sherman Alexie Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane- Coeur d'Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from se ...

. The population of the

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for 99040 was 930 at the 2000 census. The community is located on the

Spokane Indian Reservation The Spokan or Spokane people are a Native American Plateau tribe who inhabit the eastern portion of present-day Washington state and parts of northern Idaho in the United States of America. The current Spokane Indian Reservation is located in ...

Notable residents

- Native American author (grew up here)

References

Unincorporated communities in Stevens County, Washington Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) {{StevensCountyWA-geo-stub