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  2. Yakamas to have 1st ceremonial elk hunt on Rattlesnake Mtn ...

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    The Yakama Nation will hold its first ceremonial elk hunt since World War II on the Rattlesnake Mountain area of the Hanford Reach National ... in areas open to the public. Past elk hunt proposals.

  3. Open Rattlesnake Mountain to all. Tribal rights, limited ...

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    The mountain, called Laliik in the native Saphatin language, is a sacred site for the Yakama Nation and other Northwest tribes. Treaty rights guarantee their access to the mountain for religious ...

  4. Yakama Indian Reservation - Wikipedia

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    The Yakama Nation bans alcohol on tribal land, including its casino and convenience store, as well as on tribal powwows and other ceremonies. [21] In 2000, the tribal council voted to extend its alcohol ban to the entirety of the 1.2-million-acre reservation, including private land owned by the estimated 20,000 non-tribal members who lived on ...

  5. Rattlesnake Mountain (Benton County, Washington) - Wikipedia

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    The Yakama Nation referred to Rattlesnake Mountain as Lalíik, meaning "land above the water".Some historians speculate that the origin of the name Lalíik refers to the inundation of the Columbia River Plateau during the Missoula Floods, as Rattlesnake would have been one of the few mountains not completely inundated by flood waters reaching depths of 1200 ft (366 m).

  6. 2 PNW tribes say Tri-Cities casino plan could start an ...

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    The Yakama, based in Toppenish, and CTUIR, based in the Pendleton, Ore. area, both assert the Colville lack the right to build in the Tri-Cities under their respective 1855 treaties with the U.S ...

  7. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

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    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 ...

  8. Yakama - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. 'Like an open wound': Washington task force holds event to ...

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    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 ...