Umatilla people

The Umatilla belong to the Sahaptin -speaking Indians of North America. They originally lived in the region of the Columbia Plateau in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

The Umatilla share today, as part of the " Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla - reserve " the country and the state administration structures with the Cayuse and Walla Walla tribe. The reserve is located in Pendleton, Oregon, near the Blue Mountains.

A number of places and geographic features such as the Umatilla River, the Umatilla County, the place and the Umatilla Umatilla National Forest was named after them. The reservoir of John Day Dam is called " Lake Umatilla ."