Tag: Native American land rights

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Washington State Accidentally Acquires 90,000 Acres of Yakama Nation Land

Washington State Accidentally Acquires 90,000 Acres of Yakama Nation LandIn the mid-19th century, Yakama Chief Kamiakin faced a devastating ultimatum: sign away the ancestral lands of 14 tribal nations or risk the bloodshed of...