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Weyíiletpuu is a dialect of the Nez Perce language as used by the Cayuse people of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. [17] Today six language teachers are running programs at the Nixyaawii Community School, which has offered Umatilla, Walla Walla and Nez Perce language classes for the last decade.
The Umatilla are a Sahaptin-speaking Native American tribe who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States, along the Umatilla and Columbia rivers. [ 1 ] The Umatilla people are called Imatalamłáma , a Umatilla person is called Imatalamłá (with orthographic ł representing IPA /ɬ/ ).
On June 9, 1995, a ground-breaking ceremony was held for the Tamustalik Cultural Institute, which was attended by over 300 people. As reported by the Confederated Umatilla Journal, the ceremony “was performed by Tribal elders and students from the Tribes’ Head Start Preschool Program. Special drums were made for the boys, who were led in a ...
The largest community is Mission, which is the site of the tribal headquarters as well as the Umatilla Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. [2] [3] Some BIA agency offices serve more than one federally recognized tribe, but the Umatilla Agency exclusively serves the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). [4]
The Cayuse tribe shares a reservation and government in northeastern Oregon with the Umatilla and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon , at the base of the Blue Mountains .
Pages in category "Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Today they are enrolled in the federally recognized Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation and some are also represented by the Colville Confederated Tribes, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Nez Perce Tribe.
Umatilla people, a Native American tribe from Oregon; Umatilla Indian Reservation, an Indian reservation in Oregon; Umatilla language, a Native American language from the Plateau Penutian group; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, a Native American tribal entity in the U.S. state of Oregon