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The people are a Sahaptin-speaking tribe that traditionally inhabited the interior Columbia River region of the present-day northwestern United States. For centuries before the coming of European settlers, the Walla Walla, consisting of three principal bands, occupied the territory along the Walla Walla River (named for them) and along the confluence of the Snake and Columbia River rivers in a ...
Bird's eye view of Walla Walla, Washington Territory 1876. On April 18, 1859, the United States Senate ratified the 1855 Walla Walla treaty, [29] [39] [40] and on November 17, 1859, the commission voted to name the settlement Walla Walla.
When the leaders of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla peoples signed the Treaty of Walla Walla with the United States in 1855, they ceded 6.4 million acres (26,000 km 2) of their homeland that is now northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington.
Whitman Mission National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located just west of Walla Walla, Washington, at the site of the former Whitman Mission at Waiilatpu. On November 29, 1847, Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa Whitman, and 11 others were slain by Native Americans of the Cayuse.
Sahaptin tribal representatives in Washington D.C. c.1890. Back row: John McBain (far left), Cayuse chief Showaway, Palouse chief Wolf Necklace, and far right, Lee Moorhouse, Umatilla Indian Agent. Front row: Umatilla chief Peo, Walla Walla chief Hamli, and Cayuse Young Chief Tauitau.
Walla Walla (/ ˌ w ɑː l ə ˈ w ɑː l ə / WAH-lə WAH-lə) [5] is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. [6] It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 census, [2] estimated to have decreased to 33,339 as of 2023. [3]
The Walla Walla Council (1855) was a meeting in the Pacific Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal nations of the Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Yakama. [1] The council occurred on May 29 – June 11; [ 2 ] the treaties signed at this council on June 9 [ 3 ] were ratified by the U.S. Senate four years later in ...
Walla Walla County (/ ˌ w ɑː l ə ˈ w ɑː l ə / WAH-lə WAH-lə) [1] is a county located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census , its population was 62,584. [ 2 ]