Walla Walla Council (1855)

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The Wall Walla Council (1855) was a meeting in the Pacific Northwest between the United States and sovereign tribal bodies of the Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Yakama.^[1] The treaties signed at this council were ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1859^[2]. These treaties codified the constitutional relationship between the people living on the Nez Perce, Umatilla, and Yakama reservations.

[edit] See also

• Yakima War
• Palouse War

[edit] External links

• Treaty with the Nez Perce 1855. Center for Columbia River History. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.

• Treaty with the Walla Walla, Cayuse and Umatilla 1855. Center for Columbia River History. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.

• Treaty with the Yakima 1855. Center for Columbia River History. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.

• Walla Walla Council of 1855. Center for Columbia River History. Retrieved on 2007-03-12.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Trafzer, Clifford E. (Fall). "Legacy of the Walla Walla Council, 1955". Oregon Historical Quarterly 106 (3): 398–411. ISSN 0030-4727. 
2. ^ United States Senate (1859). Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America v.11, 82.