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Cayuse and Sahaptin tribal representatives in Washington, D.C. (1890) Umapine (Wakonkonwelasonmi), a Cayuse chief, September 1909 Cayuse woman, about 1910 The Cayuse are a Native American tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the United States.
Cayuse is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, located 11 miles (18 km) east of Pendleton on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The population was 59 at the 2000 census.
In the early 1980s, under the tribe's leadership, salmon were reintroduced in the Umatilla River. The tribe, along with the state of Oregon, operate egg-taking, spawning, and other propagation facilities that are helping restore salmon runs. In 1984, the first fall Chinook salmon in some 70 years returned to the Umatilla River. [3]
In 2001, Oregon's Senate Bill 770 established "government to government" relations between tribal nations and the Oregon State Government. [77] This bill created ORS 182.162-168, [78] which further codified the legal relationships between the state of Oregon and the nine federally-recognized tribes located within the bounds of the state. The ...
The massacre is usually ascribed to the inability of Whitman, a physician, to prevent the measles outbreak. Cayuse in at least three villages held Whitman responsible for the widespread epidemic that killed hundreds of Cayuse while leaving settlers comparatively unscathed. Some Cayuse accused settlers of poisoning them so they could take their ...
Cayuse may refer to: Cayuse people, a people native to Oregon, United States; Cayuse language, an extinct language of the Cayuse people; Cayuse, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the United States; Cayuse horse, an archaic term for a feral or low-quality horse or pony; OH-6 "Cayuse", a military observation helicopter
The Mission became an important stop along the Oregon Trail from 1843 to 1847, and passing immigrants added to the tension. With the influx of white settlers the Cayuse became suspicious of the Whitmans again, fearing that the white man was coming to take the land. A measles outbreak in November 1847 killed half the local Cayuse. The measles ...
Established on February 14, 1859, the State of Oregon was composed of roughly the western half of the territory, the remaining eastern section being added to the Washington Territory. [ 46 ] U.S. states created in whole or in part from the Oregon Territory