Chief Kamiakin

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthYear ca. 1800
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Rock_Lake,_Washington
gptkbp:children gptkb:Kalkhuts
gptkb:Kishkash
gptkb:Teias
gptkb:Tesh
Leshut
Showaway
gptkbp:deathYear 1877
gptkbp:descendedFrom Palouse chiefs
Yakama chiefs
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Yakama
gptkb:Palouse
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chief Kamiakin
gptkbp:influencedBy arrival of white settlers
gptkbp:knownFor resistance to U.S. government
leadership during Yakima War
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Yakama_people
confederated tribes of the Yakama Nation
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Kamiakin_Junior_High_School
gptkb:Kamiakin_Street_in_Yakima,_Washington
Kamiakin High School named after him
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Yakima_War_(1855–1858)
gptkbp:notableFor agricultural innovation among Yakama
building irrigation ditches
fleeing to Canada after Yakima War
promoting peace before war
refusing to cede tribal lands
uniting tribes against U.S. encroachment
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:Isaac_Stevens
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Kamiakin
gptkb:Kamiakin_the_Elder
gptkb:Kamiakun
Kamiakum
gptkbp:placeOfBirth near Ahtanum Creek, Washington
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Rock_Lake,_Washington_Territory
gptkbp:refusedToSign gptkb:Treaty_of_1855
gptkbp:religion traditional Yakama beliefs
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Ahtanum_Creek_area
Rock Lake area
gptkbp:returnedTo Washington Territory after exile
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Kalkhuts
Sashwaps
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
historical articles
monuments in Washington State
gptkbp:treatyInvolvement gptkb:Walla_Walla_Treaty_Council_(1855)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yakima_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5