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Confederated Tribes and Bands of the

Yakama Nation

Karen Cunningham

Economic Development Director

Cultural Heritage Center Director

Since Time Immemorial

In the beginning

"We are like the plants on this Earth. Our food was put here to feed us: Just like when we plant a garden. That is the way our Earth was in the beginning"

-Anaku Iwacha: The Way It Was

Traditionally, the people depended upon the salmon runs which annually ascended the Columbia River and its tributaries.

These formed their principal food supply, and together with game...

Roots...

...and other vegetables and fruits, provided a very bountiful supply of food.

"The Yakama people lived in small bands with permanent settlements along the various tributaries in this region. In the summer months they left these settlements and ascended into the high country to collect the foods that grew wild there."

Promises Made

Walla Walla Treaty Council 1855

Article 3, Yakama Nation Treaty

"...The right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places...together with the privilege of hunting, gathering roots and berries, and pasturing their horses and cattle upon open and unclaimed land."

U.S. Constitution Article VI, Clause 2

"...the laws of the United States...and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land..."

"Perhaps you have spoken straight, that your children will do what is right. Let them do as they have promised. That is all I have to say." - Kamiakin

June 4, 1855 Treaty Council Notes

Meninock v. State of Washington

"But my father said When we are dead who will be witness to what you promise? Then Governor Stevens said...I pledge the American to keep this promise as long as the mountain stands, as long as the sun shines and as long as the river runs."

-George Meninock, 1921

A thriving, living people

Preserve and Perpetuate Yakama Culture

  • Over 11,000 enrolled members
  • One of Yakima County's largest employers
  • Six major enterprises
  • Robust Natural Resources Program

Language

Preservation

Dr. Virginia Beavert, Linguist

Passing on

Knowledge

Traditional Food Gathering

Teaching

Traditions

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXXwSRkQWVc

ATNI

Video

Cultural

Center

  • Museum
  • Gift Shop
  • Theater
  • Events

Treaty Day Commemoration & Cultural Center Anniversary July 7, 2019

Yakama Nation Cultural Heritage Center

yakamamuseum.com

100 Spiel Yi Loop Toppenish, WA 98948

Open 7 days a week except holidays

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