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Yakama (proper) or Lower Yakama (Autonym in Yakama: Mámachatpam) – Chief Kamiakin's people: Their territory encompasses the watershed of the Lower Yakima River east of the Cascade Range, hence they were called Lower Yakima to distinguish them from their upriver cousins – the ″Kittitas or Upper Yakama.″
Washington State Dep't of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc., 586 U.S. ___ (2019), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Yakama Nation Treaty of 1855 preempts the state law which the State purported to be able to tax fuel purchased by a tribal corporation for sale to tribal members.
The Yakama called them Xwálxwaypam or L'ataxat. Other names for the Klickitat include: Awi-adshi, Molala name; Lûk'-a-tatt, Puyallup name; Máhane, Umpqua name; Mǐ-Çlauq'-tcu-wûn'-ti, Alsea name, meaning "scalpers" Mûn-an'-né-qu' tûnnĕ, Naltunnetunne name, meaning "inland people" Tlakäï'tat, Okanagon name; Tsĕ la'kayāt amím ...
In 1994, the Yakima Tribal Council unanimously voted to change the spelling of the tribe's name from Yakima to Yakama, matching the spelling of the 1855 treaty. [8] The pronunciation remained the same. [8] [9] The Yakama reservation was affected by the Cougar Creek fire, one of the 2015 Washington wildfires. About 80% of the Cougar Creek fire ...
The federal government’s engaging with the Yakama, Umatilla, Nez Perce and Wanapum promises a new approach in which native culture is not sidelined, and the tribes have an active hand in ...
Kittitas is derived from the Sahaptin toponym k'ɨtɨtáš "gravel bank place", referring to a location along the banks of the Yakima River. [5] Pshwánapam ("rock people") is the common Sahaptin endonym for the group, [1] formerly transliterated as Pisch-wan-wap-pam. [6] Kittitas County is named for the tribe.
The Yakima War (1855–1858), also referred to as the Plateau War or Yakima Indian War, [1] was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the Northwest Plateau, then part of Washington Territory, and the tribal allies of each.
KYNR (1490 AM, "Voice of the Yakama Nation") is a radio station broadcasting a variety music format. [3] Licensed to Toppenish, Washington, United States, the station is currently owned by Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and features programming from National Public Radio and Native Voice One.