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Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation, 439 U.S. 463 (1979), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the State of Washington's imposition of partial jurisdiction over certain actions on an Indian reservation, when not requested by the tribe, was valid under Public Law 280.
Hundreds of members of the Yakama Nation tribe were offered $40-an-hour jobs related to the Gulf oil spill as well as room and board. To participate, the prospective employees had to provide their ...
The Yakama Nation suffers from high poverty and unemployment; a 2005 report indicated that 42.8% of Yakama Nation families lived in poverty. [13] As of 2017, there was a wait list of 1,800 families for tribal housing, and high rates of homelessness. [14]
Yakama The Klickitat (also spelled Klikitat ) are a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest . Today most Klickitat are enrolled in the federally recognized Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation , some are also part of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon .
Nov. 2—Daisy Mae Heath is remembered in Yakama Nation and across Washington for her love of the forest, the land and the spirit of the salmon. The youngest of nine siblings, Heath grew up in the ...
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 ...
Sep. 6—The Yakama Nation received a $1 million grant to fight gang and cartel crime, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced Friday. The U.S ...
CTUIR joined with the Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the Wanapum Band in seeking to have the remains reburied as required by traditional tribal law and according to the 1990 federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The ...