We are the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
because we signed a treaty with the United States of America. The
Treaty of 1855 makes us a sovereign nation.
Signed in Washington Territory on 9 June 1855
14 bands and tribes were confederated
One member from each band and tribe marked the treaty
with his “x”
There is reservation land and ceded land
Rights are laid out
It was ratified four years later by President James
Buchanan
It makes us a Federally Recognized Tribe
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