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The Yakama Nation bans alcohol on tribal land, including its casino and convenience store, as well as on tribal powwows and other ceremonies. [21] In 2000, the tribal council voted to extend its alcohol ban to the entirety of the 1.2-million-acre reservation, including private land owned by the estimated 20,000 non-tribal members who lived on ...
The Yakama are a Native American tribe with nearly 10,851 members, based primarily in eastern Washington state.. Yakama people today are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.
Toppenish (/ ˈ t ɒ p p ə n ɪ ʃ /) is a city in Yakima County, Washington, United States.The population was 8,854 at the 2020 census. [5] It is located within the Yakama Indian Reservation, established in 1855.
In 2013 the three-tribe confederation populated about 2,916 people, roughly half of the tribal population live on or near the reservation. [ 1 ] The reservation is also home to about 300 Native Americans enrolled with other Tribes, such as the Yakama , Tenino (Warm Springs) , and Nez Percé . 1,500 people who are not Native American also reside ...
Satus is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yakima County, Washington, United States, located on the eastern corner of the Yakama Indian Reservation. The population was 746 at the 2000 census. It is southwest from the Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge. The community was not recognized in the 2010 census. The area was first settled and ...
In 2015, when the federal government proposed allowing a handful of wildflower tours, the Yakama Nation filed a lawsuit to stop it. The tribes also successfully sought the removal of an ...
Sep. 6—The Yakama Nation received a $1 million grant to fight gang and cartel crime, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington announced Friday. The U.S ...
Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,728. [1] The county seat and most populous city is Yakima. [2] The county was formed out of Ferguson County in January 1865 and is named for the Yakama tribe of Native Americans.