Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Fort Simcoe was a United States Army fort erected in south-central Washington Territory to house troops sent to keep watch over local Indian tribes. The site and remaining buildings are preserved as Fort Simcoe Historical State Park, located eight miles (13 km) west of modern White Swan, Washington, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains and near the base of the Simcoe Mountains.
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 ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
The Yakama Nation Tribal School is a public tribal high school located in Yakima County, Washington, adjacent to Toppenish, [1] run by the Yakima Nation. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [2] It has a compact with the state of Washington and receives a grant from the BIE. [3]
In what may be one of the most powerful and stirring episodes of the entire run of FX’s “Reservation Dogs,” the series this week took on the horror of assimilation “Indian boarding schools ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
White Swan is an unincorporated community located on the Yakama Indian Reservation, presumably named after Chief White Swan of the Yakamas [4] around the start of the 20th century. The town was on the Mt Adams Highway (an overland road between Yakima and The Dalles beginning in the 1850s) between Union Gap and Fort Simcoe.
The languages, cultures and history of Native American tribes were "targeted for destruction" by federal Indian boarding schools, Deb Haaland said. 'Our children had names': New report outlines ...