Umatilla

The Umatilla were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer tribe of the Northwestern Plateau. They were located on the Umatilla River and on the Columbia adjacent to the mouth of the Umatilla. They traded with the first Whites to arrive, but ultimately had conflicts with and suffered from the later settlers. They likewise suffered from losses in the Bannock and Yakima Wars.

Year	*History*
1805	Met by Lewis and Clark
1811	David Thompson explored the length of the Columbia River
1824	Smallpox epidemic
1829	Smallpox epidemic
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1847	Measles epidemic,
1851	Partially merged with Nez Perce
1855	Involved in Yakima War

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	750	NAHDB calculation
1800	750	NAHDB calculation
1855	300	NAHDB estimate
1900	0	NAHDB calculation (Had joined Confederated tribes of Umatilla Reservation)
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Umatilla Sites:

Confederated Tribes of Umatilla http://www.itmatrustfunds.org/Tribal_Members_Folder/Umatilla.htm

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservations http://www.critfc.org/text/umatilla.html

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/

Indians of Eastern Oregon http://www.nps.gov/joda/lee/lee1-1.htm

Northeastern Oregon Natives ... http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/natam_or/northeast.html

Northwest Plateau Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_plateau_culture.htm

Oregon Trail http://linnhistory.peak.org/1853/1853immore.html

Peace Medals ... http://www.nathpo.org/News/Lewis_Clark/News_Lewis29.htm

Tamastslikt Cultural Institute http://www.nps.gov/whmi/press/tci.htm

Tamastslikt Cultural Institute http://www.pbs.org/wotp/tribes/umatilla/

Tribal Museum/Education Center ... http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co01082000/CO_01082000_Umatilla.htm

Umatilla Constitution and By-Laws http://thorpe.ou.edu/constitution/umatilla.html

Umatilla Indian Reservation http://www.ccrh.org/curr/umatillares.html

Umatilla Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=UMA

Umatilla Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=UMA

Umatilla Photo http://gallery.unl.edu/picinfo/688.html

Umatilla Photo http://www.shadow-catchers.com/GALLERIES/Galleries/Ethnic/NativeA-I.htm

Umatilla Photo: Boy http://gesswhoto.com/grumpy-little-chief.html

Umatilla Photo Gallery http://www.nps.gov/whmi/gallery/h_moor.htm

Umatilla Photos http://gallery.unl.edu/picinfo/676.html

Umatilla Sovereignty and Tribal Government http://www.l3-lewisandclark.com/ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=33&ObjectID=668

Umatilla Tribe http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1540.html

Umatilla Tribe Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t112

Umatilla Tribe Grows Its Own http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1095357399

Who Owns the Past? ... http://www.pbs.org/wotp/tribes/umatilla/

Your Indian Hosts http://www.happycanyon.com/hosts.htm

*Ethnie:*	UMATILLA
*Language:*	Umatilla
*Family:*	Shahaptin
*Stock:*	Plateau Penutian
*Phylum:*	Macro-Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern Plateau