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Yakama Dialect
Sahaptin (), also called Ichishkiin (; Umatilla: , Yakama: ), is one of the two-language Sahaptian branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken in a section of the northwestern plateau along the Columbia River and its tributaries in southern Washington, northern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho, in the United States; the other language is Nez Perce (''Niimi'ipuutÃmt''). Sahaptin is spoken by various tribes of the Washington Reservations; Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla; and also spoken in many smaller communities such as Celilo, Oregon. The Yakama Nation tribal cultural resources program has been promoting the use of their traditional name of the language, ' ('this language'), instead of the Salish-derived name Sahaptin. Name Sahaptin is typically known as Ichiskiin in its various dialects. In the Yakama dialect, it is called , spelled variously , , , or . In the Umatilla dialect, it is called or . The words Sahaptin, Shahaptin, and Sahaptian are derived from the Columbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celilo Village, Oregon
Celilo Village, Oregon is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated Native Americans of the United States, Native American community on the Columbia River in northeastern Wasco County, Oregon, Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is near Lake Celilo, the former site of Celilo Falls; it is just south of the community of Wishram, Washington, across the Columbia River. In 2003 about 100 permanent residents lived in 14 dwellings. The site was once a major cultural and trading center, until Celilo Falls was inundated by The Dalles Dam in 1957. The United States Census, 2000, 2000 census reported a total resident population of 44 persons living on a land area of 102.11 acres (0.4132 km). The United States Army Corps of Engineers provided funding for construction of a new tribal long house in 2006. The Corps of Engineers built and maintains the dams that have annihilated the salmon runs upon which Native ceremonial, commercial and dietary life depend. Most residents of Celil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
