 Flag of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation The Warm Springs Indian Reservation consists of 2,640.194 km² (1,019.385 sq mi) in north central Oregon, in the United States, and is occupied and governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area Ranked 9th - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 2. ...
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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Three tribes form the confederation: the Wasco, Warm Springs and Paiute. Since 1938 they have been unified as the 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. ...
Paiute women and children in Yosemite Valley 1891. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Creation The reservation was created by treaty in 1855, which defined its boundaries as follows: Single European Act A treaty is a binding agreement under international law entered into by actors in international law, namely states and international organizations. ...
1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Commencing in the middle of the channel of the Deschutes River opposite the eastern termination of a range of high lands usually known as the Mutton Mountains; thence westerly to the summit of said range, along the divide to its connection with the Cascade Mountains; thence to the summit of said mountains; thence southerly to Mount Jefferson; thence down the main branch of Deschutes River; heading in this peak, to its junction with Deschutes River; and thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the place of beginning. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
Mount Adams in Washington The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ...
For other mountains named Mount Jefferson, see Mount Jefferson Mount Jefferson is a possibly extinct stratovolcano in the Cascade Range and is the second-highest mountain in Oregon. ...
The Warm Springs and Wasco bands gave up ownership rights to 10,000,000 acre area, which they had inhabited for over 10,000 years, in exchange for basic health care, education, and other forms of assistance as outlined by the Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon (June 25, 1855). Other provisions of the Treaty of 1855 ensured that tribal members retained hunting and fishing rights in the "Natural and Accustomed Area" which they had vacated. These treaty hunting and fishing rights are rights that were retained by the tribe and are not "special rights" granted by the U.S. government. [1] June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ...
1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
In 1879, the U.S. government moved a small group of Paiutes to the reservation in spite of that tribe's history of conflict with Columbia River tribes. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Columbia River (French: fleuve Columbia) is a river situated in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ...
Geography The reservation lies primarily in parts of Wasco County and Jefferson County, but there are smaller sections in five other counties; in descending order of land area they are: Clackamas, Marion, Gilliam, Sherman, and Hood River counties. (The Hood River County portion consists of tiny sections of non-contiguous off-reservation trust land in the northeast corner of the county.) The reservation is 105 miles (170 km) southeast of Portland; 348,000 acres (1408 km²), over half, is forested. Its 2000 census total population was 3,314 inhabitants. Wasco County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Clackamas County (IPA: ) is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Marion County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Gilliam County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Sherman County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Hood River County is a county created in the state of Oregon in 1908. ...
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Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government - Mayor Tom Potter Area - City 145. ...
2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...
Demographics The reservations's only significant population center is the community of Warm Springs, (also known as the Warm Springs Agency) which comprises over 73 percent of the reservation's population. Warm Springs is an unincorporated community located in Jefferson County, Oregon. ...
Culture Like the Grand Ronde Agency in western Oregon, the Warm Springs Reservation is one of the last holdouts in the U.S. of speakers of the Chinook Jargon because of its utility as an inter-tribal language. The forms of the Jargon used by elders in Warm Springs vary considerably from the heavily-creolized form at Grand Ronde. Grand Ronde is a census-designated place located in Polk County, Oregon. ...
Chinook Jargon was a trade language (or pidgin) of the Pacific Northwest, which spread quickly up the West Coast from Oregon, through Washington, British Columbia, and as far as Alaska. ...
Economy In 1964, the first part of the Kah-nee-ta resort was completed—Kah-nee-ta Village—a lodging complex with a motel, cottages and tipis. Kah-Nee-Ta is a resort in central Oregon, United States on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, near the community of Warm Springs in Jefferson County. ...
A tipi of the Nez Perce tribe. ...
As of 2003, the reservation was home to a tribal enrollment of over 4200. The biggest source of revenue for the tribes are hydroelectric (Warm Springs Power Enterprises) projects on the Deschutes River; a casino opened in 1996 nets less than $3 million/year. The tribes also operate Warm Springs Forest Products Industries. Hydraulic turbine and electrical generator. ...
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Many tribal members engage in ceremonial, subisistance, and commerical fisheries in the Columbia River for salmon, steelhead, and sturgeon. Tribal members also fish for salmon and steelhead for subistance purposes in the Deschutes River primarily at Sherars Falls. The tribe's fishing rights are protected by treaty and re-affirmed by court cases such as United States v. Oregon. Illustration of a male Coho Salmon The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow to 1. ...
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