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The Yakima River is a tributary of the Columbia River in south central and eastern Washington state, named for the indigenous Yakama people. Lewis and Clark mention in their journals that the Chin-nâm pam (or the Lower Snake River Chamnapam Nation) called the river Tâpe têtt [6] (also rendered Tapteete), [7] possibly from the French tape-tête, meaning "head hit".
The Yakima War (1855–1858), also referred to as the Plateau War or Yakima Indian War, [1] was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking people of the Northwest Plateau, then part of Washington Territory, and the tribal allies of each.
Amon Creek is the largest tributary of the Lower Yakima River [4] in Benton County, Washington. From the source of its East Fork to its mouth at the Yakima, it flows about 13 miles (21 km), passing through Kennewick and Richland. The East Fork as well as the main course north of where both forks come together flow south to north.
Síla-ħlama (along the Yakima River between Wenas and Umtanum creeks, the northernmost Lower Yakama Band) Wínas-ħlama (along Wenas Creek, the ″cross river″ between the Upper Yakama and Lower Yakama) Nahchísh-ħlama (″People along the Roaring Water, i.e. Naches River″), lived along the Tieton and Naches rivers (the latter meaning ...
Ahtanum Creek is a tributary of the Yakima River in the U.S. state of Washington.It starts at the confluence of the Middle and North Forks of Ahtanum Creek near Tampico, flows along the north base of Ahtanum Ridge, ends at the Yakima River near Union Gap and forms a portion of the northern boundary of the Yakama Indian Reservation.
His spirit power was the mist, as was his father's, Owhi, the War Chief of the Yakamas. From their home in the Upper Yakima valley, Qualchan, his family, and friends traveled all over the Pacific Northwest, particularly over the Cascade Mountains to the area now known as Seattle, and across the Columbia River to the small town of Portland.
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Camp Columbia or Columbia Camp was a prison labor camp established on the north shore of the Yakima River opening on February 1, 1944, near Horn Rapids. The camp was operated between February 1944 and October 1947 by Federal Bureau of Prisons to provide labor supporting the Hanford Site .