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.
Tribes[edit]
The confederation consists of three tribes of the Pacific Northwest:
- The Sahaptin-speaking Tenino people, divided into four subtribes: Upper and Lower Deschutes (the Tygh and the Wyam), the Dalles Tenino, and the Dock-Spus (John Day);
- 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.
History[edit]
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]
See also[edit]
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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
References[edit]
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- ^ "The Oregon Story". Oregon Public Broadcasting. 2001. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
- ^ Sanders, Eli (December 11, 2004). "Renaming 'Squaw' Sites Proves Touchy in Oregon". The New York Times.
External links[edit]
- The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (official website)
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