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˜Umatilla Culture and History –

As a complement to our Umatilla language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Umatilla tribe and their society. Please note that Umatillas and other American Indians are living people with a present and a future as well as a past. Umatilla history is interesting and important, but the Umatilla Indians are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as museum pieces, and issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday. Please contact us if you have a Umatilla link to add.

Umatilla Tribal and Community Websites

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
     Official homepage of the combined Walla Walla/Cayuse/Umatilla tribe of Oregon.
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute
     Interpretive center designed by the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla tribes to tell their own history.

Umatilla Lifestyle and Tradition

Oral History: Thomas Morning Owl
     Interview with an Umatilla Indian leader on the tribe's history, language, and culture.
Umatilla Legends:
    Collection of Umatilla Indian legends and folktales.
The Wallawalla, Umatilla, and Cayuse:
     Curtis' early 20th-century ethnography of the Umatilla Indians and their neighbors.
Umatilla Indians
     Profile of the Umatilla tribe and description of their interactions with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
People of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
     Collection of photographs of Umatilla and other Sahaptin people.

Books for sale on the Umatilla Indians

Yakima, Palouse, Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Wanapum Indians
     Ethnography for sale on the Umatilla people and other Northwest Plateau Indian tribes.
The Forgotten Tribes: Oral Tales of the Teninos
     Collection of traditional Watala, Tenino, and Umatilla legends and folktalkes.
The Umatilla
     Book for kids on the Umatilla Indians past and present.
Native American Books:
    Evolving list of books about Umatillas and Native Americans in general.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Umatilla Tribe * Umatilla:
Encyclopedia articles on the Umatilla Indians.
Umatilla Tribe:
Umatilla links.



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