The Yakima War (1855–1858), also referred to as the Plateau War or Yakima Indian War, was a conflict between the United States and the Yakama, a Sahaptian-speaking...
36 KB (4,524 words) - 23:59, 17 June 2024
Yakima (/ˈjækɪmɑː/ or /ˈjækɪmə/) is a city in, and the county seat of, Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the state's 11th most populous city...
63 KB (5,179 words) - 23:56, 20 August 2024
which time war spread to the Puget Sound region west of the Cascades. The Puget Sound War of 1855–1856 was triggered in part by the Yakima War and in part...
102 KB (12,256 words) - 16:48, 18 August 2024
Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,728. The county seat and most populous city is...
24 KB (2,041 words) - 21:51, 26 April 2024
The Coeur d'Alene War of 1858, also known as the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-Pend d'oreille-Paloos War, was the second phase of the Yakima War, involving a series...
13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:22, 27 May 2024
Yakama (redirect from Yakima Tribe)
Bands of the Yakama Nation. Their Yakama Indian Reservation, along the Yakima River, covers an area of approximately 1.2 million acres (5,260 km2). Today...
24 KB (2,950 words) - 03:52, 1 July 2024
The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war. Note: "Total casualties" includes wounded, combat and non-combat deaths but...
43 KB (3,008 words) - 16:12, 30 July 2024
Battle of Seattle (1856) (category Naval battles and operations of the American Indian Wars)
dead and 80 wounded. The battle, part of the multi-year Puget Sound War or Yakima Wars (1855–1858), lasted a single day. The Seattle settlement of the time...
25 KB (3,304 words) - 16:31, 26 January 2024
Yakama Indian Reservation (redirect from Yakima Indian Reservation)
The Yakama Indian Reservation (spelled Yakima until 1994) is a Native American reservation in Washington state of the federally recognized tribe known...
19 KB (1,654 words) - 21:11, 17 August 2024
Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II and the Gulf War. It also...
168 KB (2,539 words) - 10:36, 19 August 2024
The American Indian Wars were numerous armed conflicts fought by governments and colonists of European descent, and later by the United States federal...
39 KB (280 words) - 13:53, 18 August 2024
figure of the war, Nisqually Chief Leschi. The contemporaneous Yakima War may have been responsible for some events of the Puget Sound War, such as the...
11 KB (1,096 words) - 08:28, 23 June 2024
The Yakima Training Center (YTC) is a United States Army training center, used for maneuver training, Land Warrior system testing and as a live fire exercise...
12 KB (1,372 words) - 11:20, 22 June 2024
Battle of Spokane Plains (category Wars between the United States and Native Americans)
War of 1858 in the Washington Territory (now the states of Washington and Idaho) in the United States. The Coeur d'Alene War was part of the Yakima War...
10 KB (1,094 words) - 22:34, 17 July 2024
(1838–1939) – U.S. Army. Fought in the Yakima War. Henry L. Riggs (1812–1911) – U.S. Army. Served in the Black Hawk War. David Whitney (1767–1867) – Massachusetts...
35 KB (3,065 words) - 06:02, 15 August 2024
King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed...
68 KB (7,792 words) - 06:00, 19 August 2024
The Battle of Toppenish Creek was the first engagement of the Yakima War in Washington. Fought on October 5, 1855, a company of American soldiers, under...
2 KB (96 words) - 16:57, 29 October 2023
Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman, and action director. He developed...
35 KB (4,086 words) - 14:20, 15 August 2024
area of the Nisqually River. Following outbreaks of violence and the Yakima Wars (1855–1858), as a leader Leschi was charged with the killings of two...
19 KB (2,185 words) - 21:07, 7 August 2024
provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899. Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America...
137 KB (1,154 words) - 01:08, 6 August 2024
treaties and conflicts, including the Cayuse War, Yakima War, Coeur d'Alene War, Modoc War, and Nez Perce War, natives on the southern plateau were confined...
23 KB (2,830 words) - 16:40, 4 June 2024
Battle of Four Lakes (category Wars between the United States and Native Americans)
War of 1858 in the Washington Territory (now the states of Washington and Idaho) in the United States. The Coeur d'Alene War was part of the Yakima War...
9 KB (999 words) - 17:16, 2 November 2023
As many as 25,000 Native Americans in World War II fought actively: 21,767 in the Army, 1,910 in the Navy, 874 in the Marines, 121 in the Coast Guard...
16 KB (1,757 words) - 03:03, 31 July 2024
in 1858 in British Columbia were related to the Yakima War in Washington Territory Fraser Canyon War (1858) – Colony of British Columbia (white irregulars...
4 KB (446 words) - 10:51, 7 September 2023
of Washington Territorial Volunteers, and a ranger during the Yakima War. After the war, he served as sheriff and deputy sheriff of Olympia. During his...
21 KB (2,060 words) - 03:05, 25 January 2024
Sunnyside, Washington (category Cities in Yakima County, Washington)
city in Yakima County, Washington, United States. The population was 16,375 at the 2020 census, making it the second largest city in Yakima County. Up...
28 KB (2,369 words) - 00:33, 8 June 2024
(known for the Yakima Air Terminal) is a public airport three miles south of Yakima, in Yakima County, Washington. Owned by the City of Yakima, it is used...
20 KB (2,079 words) - 18:37, 23 April 2024
response, Shaw led a war party consisting of 175 mounted volunteer soldiers as part of the broader Yakima War of 1855-1868. The Yakima War emerged as a result...
24 KB (1,262 words) - 06:03, 12 May 2024
First Sioux War: Battle of Ash Hollow – U.S. forces defeat a band of Brulé Lakota in present-day Garden County, Nebraska. October 5 – Yakima War: Battle of...
16 KB (960 words) - 17:44, 11 December 2023
Chief Kamiakin (category Native American people of the Indian Wars)
Kamiakin organized alliances with 14 other tribes and leaders, and led the Yakima War of 1855–1858. Finally defeated, Kamiakin escaped to British Columbia and...
10 KB (1,201 words) - 21:14, 16 May 2024