peoples of the Northwest Plateau, the Cayuse placed a high premium on warfare and were skilled horsemen. They developed the Cayuse pony. The Cayuse ceded...
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The Cayuse War (1847–1855) was an armed conflict between the Cayuse people of the Northwestern United States and settlers, backed by the U.S. government...
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aerospace company Hughes Helicopters. Its formal name is derived from the Cayuse people, while its "Loach" nickname is derived from Light Observation Helicopter...
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Cayuse is an extinct language isolate once spoken by the Cayuse people (autonym: Liksiyu) of Oregon. The first written vocabulary of the Cayuse language...
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The Cayuse Five were five members of the Cayuse who were executed for murder in 1850 following an attack on a mission settlement near present-day Walla...
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Cayuse is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, located 11 miles (18 km) east of Pendleton...
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noted for unruly temperament. The name came from the horses of the Cayuse people of the Pacific Northwest. The term came to be used in a derogatory fashion...
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Elaine Miles (category Cayuse people)
citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation with Cayuse/Nez Perce ancestry. She lived on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Eastern...
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(Wasq̓ułáma - "People of Wasq̓ú"; Wɨ́šx̣amma - "People of Wɨ́šx̣aa/Wɨ́šx̣am (Spearfish)"). They had friendly Cayuse, and Walla Walla tribes to the east. Because...
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Nez Perce (redirect from Nez Perces people)
(Wailetpu) Band ("Ryegrass People, i.e. the Cayuse people). They were often grouped under the collective name Kămúinnu or Qéemuynu ("People of the Indian Hemp")...
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Marcus Whitman (category Cayuse War)
unsuccessfully attempting to Christianize the Cayuse Indians, and was subsequently killed by the Cayuse Indians in an event known as the 1847 Whitman...
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Cayuse may refer to: Cayuse people, a people native to Oregon, United States Cayuse language, an extinct language of the Cayuse people Cayuse, Oregon...
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Tiloukaikt (category Cayuse people)
the Cayuse tribe in the northwestern United States. He was involved in the Whitman Massacre and was a primary leader during the subsequent Cayuse War...
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Charles Sams (category Cayuse people)
Charles F. Sams III (Cayuse and Walla Walla) is an American conservationist who served as the 19th director of the National Park Service from 2021 to 2025...
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Whitman massacre (category Cayuse War)
1847. They were killed by a small group of Cayuse men who suspected that Whitman had poisoned the 200 Cayuse in his medical care during an outbreak of...
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Indian Reservation. They share land and a governmental structure with the Cayuse and the Umatilla tribes as part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla...
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Sager orphans (category People from Union County, Ohio)
rumors among the Cayuse people that Whitman was deliberately spreading diseases to them. He also testified on behalf of the five Cayuse men who were eventually...
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occupied by indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Historic tribes of the region included the Walla Walla, Cayuse people and Umatilla, now acting...
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Walla Walla, Washington (section Notable people)
Walawalałáma (Walla Walla people) near the mouth of Walla Walla River. Other inhabitants of the valley included the Liksiyu (Cayuse), Imatalamłáma (Umatilla)...
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Marcus and Narcissa Whitman west from Upstate New York to preach to the Cayuse people in Oregon Country. The Third Great Awakening that began in 1857–1858...
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"much valuable information" about the Cayuse people and other natives nearby Waiilatpu. Hale also recorded a Cayuse language vocabulary with Whitman's assistance...
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Anna Minthorn Wannassay (category Cayuse people)
E. Cash Cash Minthorn Wannassay (January 6, 1886 – May 30, 1972) was a Cayuse community leader. In 1916 she advised on the script of a "Wild West" pageant...
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River Plateau region: the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla. When the leaders of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla peoples signed the Treaty of Walla...
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many Cayuse had adopted the Nez Perce language. Traditional Plateau cuisine include wild plants, fish, especially salmon, and game. Plateau peoples often...
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John Day River (category Articles containing Cayuse-language text)
Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the fourth longest free-flowing...
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responsible for the good conduct of their people, White declared. Similar terms were later forced upon the Cayuse. As settlers began to flood into the Oregon...
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Five Crows (category Cayuse people)
Achekaia, or Pahkatos, was a Cayuse Indian chief. Five Crows was born circa 1832. He was Cayuse, an Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau, whose...
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objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States." This expanded upon the Antiquities Act of 1906, which...
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Tawatoy (category Cayuse people)
or Tu Ah Tway, was a Cayuse headman. Alongside his brother Five Crows, Tawatoy held sway over one of three bands of the Cayuse nation. As the Catholic...
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Walla Walla Council (redirect from Treaty with the Wallawalla, Cayuse, etc.)
Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal nations of the Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Yakama. The council occurred on May 29...
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