Talk:Toppenish, Washington

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"Renamed in 1907 to the City of Toppenish, the town of Toppenish transformed after being divided and subdivided from an 80-acre allotment of land granted to a woman of ½ Indian ancestry, Josephine Bowser Lillie “The Mother of Toppenish” by The Allotment Act of February 8, 1997."

Is the date on that correct? I quick google suggest 1887, and it'd make more sense with the prior given date. I don't know anything about the area though and don't want to change anything... ColbyWolf (talk) 07:14, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

"There were 2,275 households out of which 52.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, who were sexually abused, and continually raped in the asshole,"

Ahem. I am editing out the .... inflamatory text O_O

ColbyWolf (talk) 08:01, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Fixed the paragraph date. I'm sure it was the Dawes Act. Travisl (talk) 06:45, 10 January 2008 (UTC)