Yamhill people

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The Yamhill people are a Native American tribe of the Willamette Valley in present-day Oregon, traditionally part of the Kalapuya cultural and linguistic group.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Kalapuya tribe
Native American people
colonialImpact epidemic diseases
land dispossession
culturalRegion Northwest Coast cultural area
Northwest Plateau
linked to: Columbia Plateau
currentAffiliation Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
ethnicGroupOf Willamette Valley
federalRecognition through Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
governedBy band leaders
councils of elders
language Yamhill dialect of Northern Kalapuya
languageFamily Kalapuyan languages
linguisticBranch Northern Kalapuya
locatedIn Oregon
United States
nameEtymology derived from Yamhill River name
partOf Kalapuya people
preContactLifestyle semi-nomadic
relatedEthnicGroup Kalapuya people
Luckiamute Kalapuya
Santiam Kalapuya
Tualatin Kalapuya
relocatedTo Grand Ronde Indian Reservation
reservationState Oregon
riverAssociation Willamette River
Yamhill River
sovereignSuccessor Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
spiritualPractice animism
shamanism
traditionalEconomy trade in regional networks
traditionalFood acorns
camas bulbs
salmon
traditionalHousing plank houses
semi-subterranean lodges
traditionalRegion Willamette Valley
Yamhill River valley
linked to: Yamhill River

northwestern Oregon
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
treaty Dayton Treaty of 1855
treatyYear 1855

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Yamhill, Oregon namedAfter Yamhill people