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Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1855–1888, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 28,849 km² in 4 cessions across Oregon, Washington.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Umatilla · Cayuse · Walla-walla

Royce 696, 1888Royce 697, 1888Royce 362, 1855Royce 363, 1855
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
362June 9, 1855 Cayuse; Umatilla; Walla-walla Royce’s schedule · treaty text
363June 9, 1855 Cayuse; Umatilla; Walla-walla Royce’s schedule · treaty text
696December 4, 1888 Umatilla Royce’s schedule
697December 4, 1888 Umatilla Royce’s schedule

Lands proven before the Indian Claims Commission

Areas on the Commission’s 1978 map that this nation, or nations it is part of, proved they held when the United States took them:

Trails across these lands

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.