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2. Yakama Nation ponders 2nd casino in Tri-Cities while ... - AOL

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   It employs over 700 and offers nearly 1,500 slot machines, 18 table games, a poker room and more.

3. 2 PNW tribes say Tri-Cities casino plan could start an ... - AOL

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   Letisha Peterson, general manager for Legends Resort and Casino, described the world of tribal casinos as cooperative. The Yakama casino employs 700 and provides income to half the 11,000 enrolled ...

4. List of casinos in Washington - Wikipedia

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   Emerald Queen Hotel & Casino Tacoma: Tacoma: Pierce: Washington: Native American: Owned by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians: Ilani Casino Resort: La Center: Clark: Washington: Native American: Owned by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe: Legends Casino Hotel: Toppenish: Yakima: Washington: Native American: Owned by the Yakama Indian Reservation: Little ...

5. Yakama Indian Reservation - Wikipedia

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   The Yakama Nation bans alcohol on tribal land, including its casino and convenience store, as well as on tribal powwows and other ceremonies. [21] In 2000, the tribal council voted to extend its alcohol ban to the entirety of the 1.2-million-acre reservation, including private land owned by the estimated 20,000 non-tribal members who lived on ...

6. Toppenish, Washington - Wikipedia

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   All territory set aside for the Yakama Indian Reservation by the Treaty of Washington was held communally in the name of the tribe. None of the land was individually owned. The treaty of 1855, between the United States government, representatives from thirteen other bands, tribes, and Chief Kamiakin, resulted in the Yakama Nation relinquishing 16,920 square miles (43,800 km 2) of their homelan

7. Does your town's name have Native American roots? The ... - AOL

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   In 1884, a depot for the Northern Pacific Railway was built on the territory called Toppenish after the Sahaptin-Yakama word “T-hoppenish” that roughly translates to mean land "sloping ...

8. Yakama - Wikipedia

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   Yakama people today are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Their Yakama Indian Reservation, along the Yakima River, covers an area of approximately 1.2 million acres (5,260 km 2). Today the nation is governed by the Yakama Tribal Council, which consists of representatives of 14 ...

9. Tribal Sovereignty Saves a Homeless Shelter (For Now) - AOL

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   The Yakama Nation has won a temporary restraining order preventing the City of Toppenish, Washington, from closing its new cold weather shelter. Tribal Sovereignty Saves a Homeless Shelter (For ...