Yakama Nation

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federally recognized Native American tribe sovereign tribal nation

The Yakama Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in south-central Washington State, known for its rich cultural traditions, treaty-reserved fishing rights on the Columbia River, and stewardship of extensive ancestral lands.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Yakama Nation canonical	11
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation	3
Yakama Nation (region name origin)	1
Yakama Nation Tribal Council	1
Yakama people	1
Yakama tribe	1
Yakima Nation	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federally recognized Native American tribe ⓘ sovereign tribal nation ⓘ
associatedWithRiver	Columbia River ⓘ Yakima River ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
engagesIn	agriculture ⓘ cultural resource protection ⓘ fisheries management ⓘ forestry ⓘ natural resource management ⓘ
establishedBy	Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of 1855
governedBy	Yakama Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yakama Nation Tribal Council
hasAlternativeName	Yakama Nation ⓘ surface form: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation Yakama Nation ⓘ surface form: Yakima Nation
hasCapital	Toppenish, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Toppenish, Washington
hasGovernmentType	tribal government ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Yakama Indian Reservation ⓘ surface form: Yakama Indian Reservation lands
hasLegalStatus	federally recognized tribe ⓘ
hasReligion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Yakama spiritual practices ⓘ
hasReservation	Yakama Indian Reservation ⓘ
hasTreaty	Treaty with the Yakama, 1855 ⓘ
hasTreatyRight	fishing rights on the Columbia River ⓘ gathering rights ⓘ hunting rights ⓘ off-reservation fishing rights at usual and accustomed places ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Toppenish, Washington, United States ⓘ surface form: Toppenish, Washington
knownFor	rich cultural traditions ⓘ stewardship of ancestral lands ⓘ treaty-reserved fishing rights ⓘ
languageFamily	Sahaptin ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State south-central Washington State ⓘ
memberOf	Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission ⓘ
operates	Legends Casino Hotel ⓘ Yakama Nation Fisheries ⓘ Yakama Power ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
populationEstimate	several thousand enrolled members ⓘ
practices	traditional salmon fishing ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
reservationLocatedIn	Klickitat County, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakima County, Washington ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Yakama language ⓘ surface form: Yakama Sahaptin
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Cascade Range ⓘ surface form: Cascade Range east slopes Columbia River Basin ⓘ Yakima River ⓘ surface form: Yakima River Basin
treatySignedWith	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
treatyYear	1855 ⓘ

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Yakama Nation
Description of subject: The Yakama Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in south-central Washington State, known for its rich cultural traditions, treaty-reserved fishing rights on the Columbia River, and stewardship of extensive ancestral lands.

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Dalles Dam → nearIndigenousLands → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakima County, Washington → namedAfter → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yakama people

Tahoma → isSacredTo → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakima River → associatedWith → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakima War → hasParticipant → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakima War → primaryBelligerent → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Treaty of Walla Walla (1855) → signatory → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakima Training Center → namedAfter → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yakama Nation (region name origin)

Klickitat tribe → neighboringGroup → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yakama tribe

Celilo Falls → culturallySignificantTo → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakama Nation → hasAlternativeName → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yakima Nation

Yakama Nation → hasAlternativeName → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

Yakama Nation → governedBy → Yakama Nation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yakama Nation Tribal Council

Celilo Falls site → associatedPeople → Yakama Nation ⓘ

City of Toppenish → hasCulturalAssociation → Yakama Nation ⓘ

Yakama Indian Reservation → servesAsHomelandOf → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

Yakama Indian Reservation → governingBody → Yakama Nation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation

Yakama Indian Reservation → traditionalTerritoryOf → Yakama Nation ⓘ