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	USA Yakima War 1855-1858
		The Yakima (Yakama) Indians lived along the Columbia and Yakima Rivers in Washington Territory, on land desireable for white settlement and mining.
		With great difficulty, US officials negotiated a treaty with the Yakima and 13 other Indian tribes, all of whom ceded their lands and agreed to be placed on a single, large reservation.
		The Yakima tribe was put on a reservation south of the present city of Yakima.
	www.onwar.com /aced/data/yankee/yakima1855.htm (297 words)

	Top Literature - Yakima War
		The Yakima War was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama people, a Sahaptian-speaking people on the Northwest Plateau, then Washington Territory and now the southern interior of Eastern Washington, from 1855 to 1858.
		This conflict is also referred to as the Yakima Indian War of 1855 and is often seen as a continuation of the Cayuse War, which began in 1848, and its last phase is also known as the Coeur d'Alene War or Palouse War.
		In the mid-19th Century the Yakama Indians lived along the Columbia and Yakima Rivers on the plateau north of the Columbia, on the inland side of the Cascade Range.
	encyclopedia.topliterature.com /?title=Yakima_War (555 words)

	The Yakima Valley \| About the Yakima Valley
		The new city was dubbed North Yakima and was officially incorporated and named the county seat on January 27, 1886.
		Yakima is located at 46°35'48" North, 120°31'47" West (46.596728° N 120.529657° W).
		The population of the Yakima metropolitan area according to the Census Bureau 2004 estimate is 229,094.
	www.yakimavalley.net /yakima.html (646 words)

	Yakima Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Shahaptian tribe formerly dwelling on the banks of the Columbia, the Wénatchee, and northern branches of the Yakima (Ya-ki-má, runaway) Rivers, in the east of Washington.
		But war broke out and the plan was not executed till 1859; even then some of the Palus Indians never came to the reservation.
		The Yakima probably followed the main customs of the Shahaptian tribes; they fed on salmon, roots, and berries; carried on commerce between the west of the Cascades and the Eastern Rocky Mountains; and frequently crossed the mountains to hunt the buffalo.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/y/yakima_indians.html (269 words)

	Yakima Indian Tribe History
		An important Shahaptian tribe, formerly living on both sides of the Columbia and on the northerly branches of the Yakima (formerly Tapteal) and the Wenatchee, in Washington.
		Before the treaty could be ratified the Yakima war, broke out, and it was not until 1859 that the provisions of the treaty were carried into effect.
		Since the establishment of the reservation the term Yakima has been generally used in comprehensive sense to include all their tribes within its limits, so that it is now impossible to estimate the number Yakima proper.
	www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/yakimaindianhist.htm (266 words)

	Kamiakin and the Yakama Indian War of 1855 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Kamiakin and the Yakima Indian War of 1855
		It was the surrender of that land in 1863 against the wishes of young Chief Joseph that lead to the Nez Perce War of 1877.
		Phil Sheridan, later a civil war hero, was on the white man's side.
	hometown.aol.com /Gibson0817/ywar.htm (2453 words)

	Yakima War - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Yakima War was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama Indians between 1855 and 1858.
		The mid-nineteenth century found the Yakama Indians living along the Columbia and Yakima Rivers on the plateau in central Washington Territory, on land in the path of white settlement.
		This conflict is also referred to as the Yakima Indian War of 1855 and is often seen as a continuation of the Cayuse War which began in 1848.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Yakima_War (416 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Yakima Indians
		Yakima (Ya-ki-má, runaway) Rivers, in the east of Washington.
		But war broke out and the plan was not executed till 1859; even then some of the Palus
		Yakima probably followed the main customs of the Shahaptian tribes; they fed on salmon, roots, and berries; carried on commerce between the west of the Cascades and the Eastern Rocky Mountains; and frequently crossed the mountains to
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15732a.htm (258 words)

	Yakima - Qwika (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Yakima River The Yakima River south of Union Gap The Yakima River is a tributary of the Columbia...
		Yakima War The Yakima War was a conflict between the United...
		Yakima SunDome The Yakima SunDome is a 6,195 seat multi-purpose arena in Yakima, Washington.
	www.qwika.com /find/Yakima (484 words)

	Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network - 1000 Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		About three dozen people gathered Thursday night in downtown Yakima for a candlelight vigil to honor the 1,000 members of the armed forces who have died in the war in Iraq.
		The hastily organized event at the Millennium Plaza was part of a nationwide effort, said Yakima resident Larry Breer, a vigil organizer and member of the Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network.
		Rather than being a protest of the war, which the group opposes, it was intended to honor the sacrifice of the soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen, Breer said.
	www.yvpan.net /_sgt/md_1.htm (219 words)

	U.S. Senator Patty Murray - Veterans of Foreign Wars Names Senator Murray "Person of the Year"
		(Yakima, WA) Tonight, U.S. Senator Patty Murray was named "Person of the Year" by the Washington State Veterans of Foreign Wars at the group's annual conference in Yakima.
		Murray, the daughter of disabled World War II veteran, is the first woman to serve on the Senate's Veterans Affairs Committee, a position she has used to increase funding and support for Washington's nearly 700,000 veterans.
		At the awards dinner at the Yakima Convention Center, Murray gave a speech and also presented honors to VFW leaders from around the state.
	murray.senate.gov /news.cfm?id=222978 (1765 words)

	Military Department - Indian War Calendar Records
		The Rogue River and Yakima War calendar records microfilm consists of eight reels of 35 mm microfilm containing documents numbered 1-1593 as well as additional unnumbered muster rolls and correspondence.
		The index in the Reference Room library entitled "Cayuse Indian War Calendar Records" is a photocopy of a typescript copy of the original manuscript document calendar of Cayuse Indian War records from the Oregon Military Department record group.
		The Early Indian Wars of Oregon written by Frances Fuller Victor in 1894 includes an extensive narrative description of the war; printed copies of some of the related correspondence; and basic muster roll information including name, company, rank, and date of service.
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /state/mil/series/cayuse.htm (623 words)

	Native Americans - Yakima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Under a capable leader, Kamiakin, the Yakima continued warfare until 1859, when they were placed on a reservation in Washington.
		The culture of the Yakima was of the Plateau cultural area; they subsisted on salmon, roots, berries, and nuts.
		In a series of nearly 100 glass negatives made by Yakima photographer Thomas Rutter, this is the only one labeled with the subjects' names, and also one of the few which has broken.
	www.nativeamericans.com /Yakima.htm (399 words)

	The Treaty Trail: People of the Treaties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		They traveled as a war party, many of them chiefs from different tribes—Tauitau of the Cayuse, Spokan Garry of the Spokans, Kipkip Pahlekin of the Nez Perce—with a band of horses and a load of furs to trade for the cattle.
		The chiefs called for a war of vengeance, and a council was held among the Walla Walla, Cayuse, Spokane, Nez Perce, Pend d'Oreille, and some of the Shoshoni tribes.
		Thus, long before Isaac Stevens was appointed Governor of Washington Territory, long before the treaty councils, the Cayuse War, or the Yakima War, Peopeomoxmox, Spokan Garry, and the people of the neighboring tribes had learned a hard, bitter lesson—no justice could be expected from the white man..
	washingtonhistoryonline.org /treatytrail/context/bios/peopeomoxmox-wallawalla.htm (2379 words)

	Timeline: National and Local
		The Cayuse War resulted from the increased contact between whites and tribes of the Plateau (Inland Northwest) as larger numbers of white migrants came into the region.
		Stevens closed the council having gotten promises of non-participation in the war but he was not able to strike a treaty with the represented tribes.
		In 1855 gold was discovered on the recently established Yakima reservation, and conflict erupted between encroaching white miners and tribes of the Plateau marking the start of the Yakima War.
	www.narhist.ewu.edu /Native_Americans/timelines/timeline_wars_treaties.html (2093 words)

	Military Families Speak Out : Military families emphasize human cost of war
		View photos of MFSO members speaking out against the war, including photos of MFSO members at the recent Silence of the Dead, Voices of the Living exhibit in Washington, DC.
		Phil Waste, a 66-year-old former elevator repairman, said he and his wife don't speak for their sons and grandsons, but he said the young men support what their parents and grandparents are doing.
		If you have family members or loved ones in the military and you are opposed to the war in Iraq, JOIN us by sending an e-mail to mfso@mfso.org.
	www.mfso.org /article.php?id=682 (463 words)

	Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Antiwar activists delivered petitions with 584 signatures to the Yakima office of Rep. Doc Hastings on Wednesday, urging him to support the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of next year.
		Tony Landreau of Yakima, a 75-year-old Korean War veteran, said those numbers show the lives wasted in a war fought on the flimsy pretext of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
		Yakima City Council's answer to T. Landreau's letter emphasizing the ease with which the council sidetracked making the resolution refuting the Patriot Act an agenda item.
	www.yvpan.net /_sgt/m3_1.htm (925 words)

	Twentieth Century Atlas - Casualty Statistics - United States
		The total given by the VA for the Indian Wars ("1,000") seems to be a wild guess.
		The upshot of these unusual Civil War estimates is that it appears that the ratio of Union to Confederate killed was 2:1, rather than the more widely accepted 55:45.
		Gettysburg, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, is usually claimed to have killed 3,155 Union and 3,903 Confederate troops, for a total of 7,058.
	users.erols.com /mwhite28/warsusa.htm (1885 words)

	KOMO : Thousands Make Their Voices Heard
		Jayapal said a war in Iraq would cost $100 billion at the minimum, which is 21⁄2 times what the federal government spends annually on education for kindergarten through 12th grade.
		Jayapal said she thought many in the crowd would support a war against Iraq if there was evidence the nation needed to go in that direction.
		Timothy Joel Smith, a retired Army veteran, spoke at the rally in support of the protesters' position but made it clear he was against a possible war and not against U.S. military personnel who might be fighting in Iraq.
	www.komotv.com /news/printstory.asp?id=23105 (1329 words)

	City of Yakima
		Yakima Transit’s bustling transit system has been on the go since Christmas day of 1907, when the first public rides were given on the Yakima Valley Transportation Company trolleys.
		In March of 1957, the Yakima Valley Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad, was sold to a private individual.
		Yakima Transit has continued to operate within the city limits of Yakima and in June 2005, was able to extend to the communities of Selah and Union Gap for two years, by utilizing funds from a special Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant.
	www.ci.yakima.wa.us /services/transit/history.asp (402 words)

	Teaching and learning Harrah's Opus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the northeastern edge of the million-acre Yakima Indian Reservation sits Harrah, a small town that is as flat as a pancake.
		Their war was fought before 1859, before the Yakima people were forced onto the Indian Reservation after losing the Yakima War.
		Their war today, though, is fought against poverty and the changing face of Yakima's farms.
	archives.thedaily.washington.edu /2001/013001/N1.yakimafeat.html (1891 words)

	Indian War of 1855 - Daffodil Valley Times
		The actual war began in mid-September 1855 when Charles H Mason, acting Governor of the territory, was informed that Indians killed a number of men traveling into Eastern Washington.
		A large party of Yakima Indians were gathering, however, so they moved back to the western side of the pass.
		Although there were many skirmishes and clashes, it seems the decisive battle of the War west of the Mountains was fought in March of 1856 near Connell’s Prairie on the main trail to Naches Pass.
	www.daffodilvalleytimes.com /history/indian_war.html (690 words)

	KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA \| Anti-war advocates protest war in Yakima
		YAKIMA, Wash -- There were only a few out Sunday, but they had the support of many.
		About ten members of the Yakima Valley Peace and Advocacy Network spent the afternoon protesting the war in Iraq at the corner of 16th Ave and Nob Hill Ave.
		Their message was two fold: Bring home the troop and end the war.
	www.kndo.com /Global/story.asp?S=5968756&nav=menu484_8_17 (366 words)

	Historical Overview: Japanese Americans
		Through the 1920s, Japanese Americans in the Yakima Valley defended their right to reside there as they disputed their characterization as “menace” in the Yakima Herald, reminding the community of their important economic role in clearing farmland.
		Yakima Valley Issei raised funds to construct an Association building in Wapato and dedicated it in 1920.
		Yakima Valley Japanese Americans were interned at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, and Hood River Japanese were sent to Tule Lake in northern California.
	www.vancouver.wsu.edu /crbeha/ja/ja.htm (3199 words)

	KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA \| War entering fifth year
		U-S troops still remain in Iraq and the war has become unpopular with a majority of Americans now opposed to it.
		The Yakima Eagles run a non profit boxing club to try and keep off the streets and out of trouble.
		As the school year ends for many high school seniors', parents worry about their kids going to graduation parties where alcohol might be present.
	www.kndu.com /Global/story.asp?S=6244742 (387 words)

	Dustin Lee Sides
		Sides, 22, is the Yakima Valley's first casualty of the war in Iraq.
		There were those, too, who expressed frustration with a war that has now spilled the blood of a native son.
		Yakima resident Saul Chacon, a former Marine sergeant who left the service last year after spending six months in Iraq, said he considered Sides' fate next to his own.
	www.iraqwarheroes.com /sides.htm (1519 words)

	Yakima Herald-Republic Local News, Sports, Real Estate, Obituaries, Shopping and Advertising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ted knows something about war — he served in World War II and was taken prisoner by the Germans.
		As the war dragged on, Ted's letters became less frequent.
		They bought a car, returned to Yakima and bought a house, then they went to work: Connie as a waitress at the old Chinook Hotel for 22 years, Ted as an upholsterer for 30 years.
	www.yakima-herald.com /links/adler.html (1007 words)

	Battles and Massacres of the Indian Wars in the American West - Page 4
		Cherokee War - Occurring in 1839, this war was a culmination of friction between the Cherokee, Kickapoo, and Shawnee Indians and the white settlers in Northeast Texas.
		Between the years of 1855 and 1858 the Yakama Indians (spelled Yakima at the time) were living along the Columbia and Yakima Rivers on the plateau in central Washington Territory.
		The last phase of the Yakima War, referred to as the Coeur d'Alene War or Palouse War came in 1858 when a force under the command of Colonel George Wright was sent in to deal with the Indians.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /NA-IndianWarsBattles-4.html (1762 words)

	Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian - Uncorrected OCR Text for volume 7
		THE YAKIMA T the time of the earliest explorations in the Pacific Northwest the watershed of the Yakima river in south-central Washington, from its mouth to the vicinity of Kittitas creek, was held by small bands of Shahaptian stock.
		Aided by a hundred and twenty men from the sloop of war Decatur, which happened to be lying in the harbor, and by her guns, the fifty-five defenders prevented the Indians from advancing beyond the edge of the surrounding forest, and at night the siege was raised.
		On the Yakima reservation, and scattered here and there in the valleys of their old home, a few aged Klickitat are to be found; but the identity of the tribe has been lost, merged as it is with the Yakima bands.
	curtis.library.northwestern.edu /ocrtext.cgi?vol=7 (17242 words)

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