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The Umatilla are a Sahaptin -speaking Native American group living on the Umatilla Indian Reservation , who traditionally inhabited the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States . The Umatilla share land and a governmental structure with the Cayuse and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the Confederated Tribes Of The Umatilla Indian Reservation . The reservation is located near Pendleton, Oregon near the Blue Mountains . A number of places and geographic features have been named after the tribe, such as the Umatilla River , Umatilla County , and Umatilla National Forest . McNary Dam was almost named Umatilla Dam. The impoundment of the Columbia River behind the next dam downriver, John Day Dam , is called Lake Umatilla. FURTHER READING SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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