The reservation is located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains in southern Washington
About 80% of the … See more

The reservation was created in 1855 by a treaty signed by Washington Territory Gov. Isaac Stevens and representatives of the Yakama tribe. Several Native leaders believed that those representatives did not have the a… See more

Roughly 10,000 people were enrolled members of the Yakama Nation in 2009. The required blood quantum for tribal membership is 1⁄4. See more

The Yakama Nation suffers from high poverty and unemployment; a 2005 report indicated that 42.8% of Yakama Nation families lived in poverty. As of 2017, there was a wait list of 1,800 families for tribal housing, an… See more

The governance of the tribe is the responsibility of a 14-member tribal council, elected by a vote of the tribe's members.
In 1963, most criminal and civil jurisdiction over tribal members was transferred from the tribe to … See more

In February 2018, the Yakama tribal council Yakamas passed a resolution declared a public safety crisis in response to a surge of crime on the reservation, particularly in White Swan. The resolution sought to impose gre… See more