Umatilla (tribe)

The Umatilla are a Native American group living on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The people are a Sahaptin speaking group which traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States.

The Umatilla share land and a governmental structure with the Cayuse and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla. The reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon near the Blue Mountains.

External link

• Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation homepage

See also: Umatilla (tribe), Blue Mountains (Oregon), Cayuse, Columbia Plateau, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Ethnic group, Pendleton, Oregon, Sahaptin (language), United States