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Yakama Indian Nation -- BIA Agency | Yakama Indian Nation -- BIA Agency <br>401 Fort Rd <br>Toppenish, WA 98948 <br> | ||
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Toppenish, WA 98948 | |||
(509) 865-2255 | (509) 865-2255 | ||
Revision as of 18:05, 6 March 2009
The Yakama (Yakama) Tribe is located in central Washington along the Columbia River.
History[edit | edit source]
1805 -- First contact with Europeans -- the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
1855 -- Treaty with the U.S. government
1855 -- Reservation established
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Yakima tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.
For additional history of the tribe, read more....
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
Records[edit | edit source]
Treaties[edit | edit source]
- 1855
Yakima Agency[edit | edit source]
Yakama Indian Nation -- BIA Agency
401 Fort Rd
Toppenish, WA 98948
(509) 865-2255
Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.
- Swanton, John. The Indian Tribes of North America.