Yakima Indians
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- Dec 23, 1893The Battle Over Wenatchee Fishing RightsA treaty-based reservation for indigenous fishing rights sparks a localized protest from settlers and speculators.Wenatchee River, Wenatchee, WA
- Jul 20, 1894A Railroad Plots Its Path Across the Yakima ReservationEngineers for the Vancouver, Portland & Northern have staked a route straight through tribal land — and will soon sit down with the Yakima to ask for a right-of-way.Yakima, WA
- Jul 30, 1894A Dead Man’s Name on the PayrollA Walla Walla ex-employee files twenty charges against L. T. Erwin, accusing the Yakima Indian agent of fraud, perjury, and turning the agency into a private larder.Toppenish, WA
- Jan 3, 1895They Refused the Money and the LandIn 1895, the Wenatchee Indians turned down a $36,000 payment and allotments, fearing it would erase their claim to a promised Mission Creek reservation.Wenatchee, WA