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Map of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (in green), east of Pendleton The reservation has a land area of 271.047 square miles (702.01 km 2 ) and a tribal population of 2,927 as of the 2000 census . In addition, some 300 Native Americans from other regional tribes and 1,500 non-natives live on the reservation. [ 1 ]
The tribal offices are just east of Pendleton, Oregon. Almost half of the reservation land is owned by non-Native Americans; the reservation includes significant portions of the Umatilla River watershed. In 2013 the three-tribe confederation populated about 2,916 people, roughly half of the tribal population live on or near the reservation. [1]
The Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is a museum and research institute located on the Umatilla Indian Reservation near Pendleton in eastern Oregon. It is the only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail. The institute is dedicated to the culture of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla tribes of Native Americans.
Their reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon and the Blue Mountains. A number of places and geographic features have been named after the tribe, such as the Umatilla River , Umatilla County , the town of Umatilla, Florida, and Umatilla National Forest .
The reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon, at the base of the Blue Mountains. The Cayuse called themselves the Liksiyu in the Cayuse language. [2] Originally located in present-day northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, they lived adjacent to territory occupied by the Nez Perce and had close associations with them. Like the ...
The sector is supposed to have been underlain by a network of tunnels, which are now a tourist attraction. The authenticity as a Chinese tunnel system has been questioned. [11] The town is the cultural center of Eastern Oregon. [12] Pendleton's "Old town" is listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. [13]
Siletz Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz: 4,204 acres (17.01 km 2), 3,666 acres (14.84 km 2) of which is in Lincoln County; Umatilla Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation: 172,882 acres (699.63 km 2), mostly in Umatilla County, with the rest in Union County
Mission is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Mission as a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 1,019 at the 2000 census. Mission is part of the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.