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
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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
It’s spoken by the Yakama people in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Beloved Yakama linguist, educator and elder Virginia Beavert has died at age 102.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
The Yakama Nation argued that the wind farm would damage the cultural and historical significance of the Horse Heaven Hills.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Mr. Anderson derives it from the Cree word moostoos, a buffalo, and supposes it to have been imported by the Canadians; but Father Pandosy makes musmus Yakama.
From Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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
But in 1897, President Grover Cleveland created the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve, taking 121,000 acres of land belonging to the Yakamas, including the mountain.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
Thomas told how Brando got them on the “Today” show in an effort to swell up support for the Yakamas.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
The State of Washington includes millions of acres that the Yakamas ceded to the United States under significant pressure.
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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