Umatilla Indian Reservation (Oregon)

The Umatilla Reservation was located in northeastern Oregon, near Pendleton.


 * Established -- 9 June 1855
 * Agency (BIA) -- Umatilla Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and a few Northern Paiute
 * Population -- 1,652 (1989)

History
The Umatilla Reservation was established by Treaty of Walla Walla, June 9, 1855 (12 Stat. 945, ratified March 8, 1859).

Records
Most of the records for the Indians living on the Umatilla Reservation are a part of the Umatilla Agency now housed in the Pacific Alaska Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Seattle.