Yakama
Americannoun
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Yakamas,
plural
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Yakama
plural
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a member of a North American Indian people of Washington State.
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the dialect of the Sahaptin language spoken by the Yakama.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Yakama
First recorded in 1850–55 as Yackimas (plural); origin uncertain
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The investigation crossed into Yakima, Spokane and Walla Walla counties, and the Yakama Reservation.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
The Yakama Nation argued the wind farm would damage the cultural and historical significance of the Horse Heaven Hills.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
The Yakama Nation was involved in conversations about the new boundaries because there was concern the adjustments could split up tribal members and tribal lands.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
Other Yakama Nation citizens who knew her as a teacher and a friend also shared news of her passing in text messages.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
The manual-labor school at the Yakama agency has been a complete success, and of incalculable benefit in imparting to the children a practical knowledge of farming and of the different mechanical arts.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
One of Rhodes’ photos shows what Shellenberger thinks is possibly Mool Mool, the freshwater springs that had drawn Yakamas and other Indigenous people to the area for centuries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Initially the system is expected to take 2.93 million gallons of Columbia River water to fill the reservoirs, according to the Yakamas, and then 1.27 million gallons each year to offset evaporation and leakage.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
The whole area is known to the Yakamas as “the mother of all roots,” or a natural seed bank, Harvey said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Siding with the Yakamas, Gorsuch explained that when the court is “dealing with a tribal treaty,” it must “give effect to the terms as the Indians themselves would have understood them.”
From Slate ● May 20, 2019
These Indians belong to numerous bands, confederated under the title of Yakamas.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
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