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The Yakama Indian Reservation (spelled Yakima until 1994) is a Native American reservation in Washington state of the federally recognized tribe known as the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. [2] The tribe is made up of Klikitat, Palus, Wallawalla, Wenatchi, Wishram, and Yakama peoples. [1]
"Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs" (PDF). Federal Register. 80 (9). Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration: 1942– 1948. January 14, 2015. ISSN 2167-2520. OCLC 70285150; Washington Tribes
The Yakama are a Native American tribe with nearly 10,851 members, based primarily in eastern Washington state. 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 ...
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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
In 2015, when the federal government proposed allowing a handful of wildflower tours, the Yakama Nation filed a lawsuit to stop it. The tribes also successfully sought the removal of an ...
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List of Indian reservations in the United States; List of organizations that self-identify as Native American tribes; Native American Heritage Sites (National Park Service) Native Americans in the United States; Outline of United States federal Indian law and policy; State-recognized tribes in the United States; Tribal sovereignty (Federally or ...