Nation / Tribe
Yakama
The Yakama were a Sahaptian-speaking people who occupied the Yakima River valley and adjacent areas of present-day south-central Washington, ranging from the eastern slopes of the Cascades to the Columbia River. Lewis and Clark encountered bands associated with the Yakama during the downstream journey on the Columbia in October 1805, observing large fishing camps and communities dependent on the great salmon runs. The Yakama were part of the broader Plateau cultural complex, practicing a seasonal subsistence round of salmon fishing, root gathering (especially camas and bitterroot), and upland hunting, and they maintained extensive trade connections with both coastal and interior peoples.
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