Yakama

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The Yakama are a Native American people of the Pacific Northwest, primarily based in south-central Washington State, known for their rich Plateau cultural traditions and their federally recognized Yakama Nation.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yakama canonical 5
Ichishkíin Sínwit (Yakama variety) 1
Lower Yakama 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Plateau culture group ⓘ
associatedRiver Columbia River ⓘ
Yakima River ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice root digging traditions ⓘ
salmon fishing ceremonies ⓘ
seasonal round subsistence cycle ⓘ
sweat lodge ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegion Plateau ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribeName Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation ⓘ
linked to: Yakama Nation
governingBody Yakama Nation Tribal Council ⓘ
linked to: Yakama Nation
hasCollectiveRights treaty-reserved fishing rights ⓘ
treaty-reserved gathering rights ⓘ
treaty-reserved hunting rights ⓘ
hasFederallyRecognizedTribalGovernment Yakama Nation ⓘ
languageFamily Sahaptian languages ⓘ
linked to: Sahaptin
notableEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
gaming enterprises ⓘ
primaryRegion Pacific Northwest ⓘ
south-central Washington State ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Nez Perce ⓘ
Umatilla ⓘ
Wanapum ⓘ
linked to: Wenatchi

Warm Springs tribes ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Plateau spiritual practices ⓘ
reservation Yakama Indian Reservation ⓘ
reservationLocation south-central Washington State ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
horse culture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Ichishkíin ⓘ
linked to: Ichishkiin

Yakama language ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Columbia River Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Columbia Plateau

Yakima River basin ⓘ
linked to: Yakima River
treaty Treaty of 1855 ⓘ
treatyResult cession of large areas of traditional lands ⓘ
creation of Yakama Reservation ⓘ
treatyWith United States government ⓘ
USCensusCategory American Indian or Alaska Native ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet for Yakama language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wazhazhe → hasVariantTransliteration → Wahzhazhe ⓘ
linked to: Yakama
Umatilla → neighboringPeople → Yakama ⓘ
Yakama language → hasAlternativeName → Lower Yakama ⓘ
linked to: Yakama
Yakama language → hasAlternativeName → Ichishkíin Sínwit (Yakama variety) ⓘ
linked to: Yakama