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Yakima Indians


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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This group, speakers of one of the S ahaptin languages , was closely related to the N ez P erce I ndians and was the largest Indian nation in the upper Columbia River valley. They incorporated the horse into their culture after 1735, and experienced regular contact with Anglo-Americans after 1845. In 1855 leading Yakimas conceded possession of land outside certain bounds to the US and agreed to let whites cross their territory, but this agreement stirred great discontent among many villages and led to the Y akima wars . They now have a reservation in Yakima and Klickitat counties, Wash., at Toppenish. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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