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This mammoth camp could not have contained less than 3000 men, exclusive of women and children, and treble that number of horses. It was a grand and imposing sight in the wilderness, covering more than six miles in every direction. Councils, root gathering, hunting, horse-racing, foot-racing,
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and requested missionaries to be sent to the Yakama and
Kittitas. A small group of Catholic missionaries arrived the following year and constructed the one-room Immaculate Conception Mission on Manastash Creek in July 1848.
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Beavert Martin, Virginia R.; Walker, Deward E. (1992). "The Ellen
Saluskin (hápteliks sáwyalilx) Narratives, 1992: Traditional Religious Beliefs and Practices".
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Kittitas villages were located along the Upper Yakima and adjacent streams and rivers. Most had
Sahaptin names, but two (N'tsamtsa'mtcin and Tc'kla'xan) are
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The
Kittitas were removed from Wenas Valley in 1858. White settlers entered the Kittitas Valley in the early 1860s, and the Kittitas were removed to the
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Ktłáktła – located one mile above Thorp, at the mouth of Taneum Creek. Largest permanent population of all
Kittitas villages, roughly 500.
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398:"Upper Yakamas in the Wenas Valley, led by Owhi, host Longmire-Byles wagon train headed for Naches Pass on September 20, 1853"
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headed the mission, but fell into poverty and mental disturbance, and was recalled to the Yakima Valley in
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gambling, singing, dancing, drumming, yelling, and a thousand other things which I cannot mention, were going on around us.
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592:"Father Pandosy establishes the Immaculate Conception Mission on Manastash Creek in the Kittitas Valley in July 1848"
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Naánɨm – Large permanent village on Naneum Creek, seven miles northwest of
Ellensburg. Population of roughly 400.
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was the first
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Yuúmaash – large winter village located on the east bank of the Yakima four miles below
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K'tɨ'taas – large village located on the west bank of the Yakima two miles below
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Ti'plas – Located at the mouth of Swauk Creek between Thorp and
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A'tca – village located on the east bank of the Yakima river at
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151:. Individuals of Kittitas descent are today enrolled in the
439:"Kittitas Indians Fear Few Left To Carry On Band's Culture"
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Kittitas camped at Taneum Creek near
Ellensburg, 1900–1909.
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Tyánanish – permanent village at the confluence of the
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875:Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
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354:Populated during May and June for root digging.
157:Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
167:Kittitas is derived from the Sahaptin toponym
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420:"Kittitas County — Thumbnail History"
376:A Sketch of Northern Sahaptin Grammar
319:. Permanent population of roughly 50.
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418:Becker, Paula (September 25, 2005).
855:Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
828:Tribal governments and reservations
462:. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press.
396:Ott, Jennifer (February 23, 2014).
590:Becker, Paula (October 10, 2005).
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225:During the 1804-1806 expedition,
437:Steward, Peggy (June 21, 1998).
859:Warm Springs Indian Reservation
573:The Fur Hunters of the Far West
513:"A History of Kittitas County"
333:. Village population of 50-60.
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911:History of Washington (state)
119:tribe closely related to the
628:Ray, Verne F. (April 1936).
869:Umatilla Indian Reservation
839:Colville Indian Reservation
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458:Bright, William (2004).
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52:Luqaiot, Kittitas chief
483:Splawn, A. J. (1917).
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71:Related ethnic groups
251:Old Fort Walla Walla
216:Hudson's Bay Company
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202:groups west of the
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30:Ethnic group
27:Ethnic group
779:Yellow Bird
753:Walla Walla
713:Lower Snake
596:HistoryLink
424:HistoryLink
402:HistoryLink
232:Fur trader
218:outpost at
895:Categories
804:White Bird
340:along the
300:Ellensburg
177:Pshwánapam
104:pronounced
99:Pshwánapam
40:Pshwánapam
718:Nez Perce
708:Klickitat
558:161216583
352:Kittitas.
269:Geography
163:Etymology
58:Languages
819:Kanasket
814:Kamiakin
809:Colestah
794:Qualchan
738:Umatilla
703:Kittitas
688:Sahaptin
648:20698112
331:Cle Elum
324:Teanaway
317:Teanaway
285:toponyms
249:visited
204:Cascades
169:k'ɨtɨtáš
155:and the
125:Kittitas
117:Sahaptin
115:) are a
94:Sahaptin
90:Kittitas
64:Sahaptin
34:Kittitas
758:Wanapum
728:Skinpah
696:Nations
690:peoples
196:Plateau
190:History
906:Yakama
763:Yakama
733:Tenino
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121:Yakama
77:Yakama
723:Palus
644:JSTOR
554:S2CID
537:Names
359:Notes
307:Thorp
489:ISBN
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