The name Peymanoos means "large bare place." Together with Pokaist ("little white stones"), these are the two reserve names that a 2011 dissertation by a Pukaist descendant describes as the reserves where she grew up, and confirms they remain in use.
In 1913, Cook's Ferry testimony to the McKenna-McBride Commission described Pemymoos (an earlier spelling) as having about 70 acres under collective cultivation, with hay, clover, potatoes, turnips, beans, peas, oats, wheat, and fruit among the products. The people there needed water from mountain lakes and had no road access — produce had to be packed out by horseback.
Despite these challenges, Peymanoos was productive land, worked by people who knew it well. The name itself tells you something about the landscape — a large, bare, open place along the Thompson River.