Umatilla Tribe

Ancestral Homeland: today is northern Oregon and southern Washington

Brief Timeline
1800's: participated in fur trading with North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company and the American Fur Company

1847-50: Cayuse War

1853: Umatilla reservation was established near Pendleton, Oregon

1855-56: Yakama War

1870's: Bannock War

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
A good history of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation is included on the tribal web site.

Tribal Headquarters
The Umatilla Reservation was established in 1855 for the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Indians. They joined together as the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in 1949.

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation PO Box 638 73239 Confederated Way Pendleton, Oregon 97801 Phone: 541-276-3165 FAX: 541-276-3095

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Vital Records


 * Umatilla Agency, M595 births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film 583080

Important Web Sites

 * Official web site of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, which includes the Umatilla Indians.
 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation 1949.
 * Umatilla Tribe Wikipedia