Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs is a federally recognized confederation of Native American Tribes who currently live on and govern the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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[edit] Tribes
The confederation consists of three tribes of the Pacific Northwest:
- The Sahaptin-speaking Warm Springs Indians, organized into four bands: Upper and Lower Deschutes (the Tygh and the Wyam), the Tenino, and the John Day (Dock-spus);
- Two bands (The Dalles a.k.a. the Ki-gal-twal-la, and Dog River) of Wasco Indians who spoke a dialect of Upper Chinook
- The Northern Paiutes, who speak an offshoot of the Uto-Aztecan language family related to Shoshonean, had a way of life very different from the Warm Springs and Wasco bands.
[edit] History
The Confederated Tribes adopted a constitution in 1938, after the construction of Bonneville Dam flooded the major fishing site at Cascades Rapids. Upon receiving a $4 million settlement in compensation for the 1957 flooding of Celilo Falls by the construction of The Dalles Dam, the Tribes used part of the sum to build the Kah-Nee-Ta resort, which opened in 1964.[1]
In 2001, members of the Confederated Tribes persuaded the Oregon Legislative Assembly to pass a bill mandating that the word squaw be changed in numerous place names.[2]
[edit] See also
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- List of Native American Tribal Entities in Oregon
- Kah-Nee-Ta High Desert Resort and Casino, a resort on the Warm Springs Reservation
- Columbia Gorge casino, the Confederated Tribes' proposed casino in the Columbia River Gorge
[edit] References
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- ^ "The Oregon Story". Oregon Public Broadcasting. 2001. http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonstory/tribal_econ/timeline.html. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- ^ Sanders, Eli (December 11, 2004). "Renaming 'Squaw' Sites Proves Touchy in Oregon". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EED61131F932A25751C1A9629C8B63&scp=3&sq=pikeminnow&st=cse.
[edit] External links
- The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (official website)
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