Also called the Battle of Dry Plains, this battle began on a plain where depressions in the sand made convenient natural rifle pits. When a group of soldiers led by Captain Lawrence Hall left The

When news of the Whitman Massacre reached the provisional Oregon Territorial capitol at Oregon City in early December, immediate steps to raise a volunteer regiment began. Organizing a force of about

Yakama, North American tribe of the Sahaptian language family and of the Plateau region culture area. Formerly called the Yakima, they once occupied considerable territory on the Yakima and Columbia

This reservation flag depicts the outline of the reservation in white with a red background on a sky blue field. In the reservation is the Morning Star, a symbol of guidance and leadership, and below

Born and raised on the Yakama reservation in south-central Washington, David Sohappy began catching salmon at age five and spent much of each year along the Columbia River. "That is where I learned

Elizabeth Woody (born 1959) is a Navajo-Warm Springs-Wasco-Yakama artist, author, and

The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, or simply Yakama Nation (formerly Yakima), is a Native American group with nearly 10,000 enrolled members, living in