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Group: Tenino people
People: Jan Prosper Witkiewicz
Topic: Northern Virginia Campaign

Tenino people

Years: 1500 - 2057

The Tenino people, commonly known today as the Warm Springs bands, are several Sahaptin Native American subtribes which historically occupy territory located in the North-Central portion of the American state of Oregon.

The Tenino people include four localized subtribes — the Tygh, or "Upper Deschutes;" the Wyam, or "Lower Deschutes;" the Dalles Tenino; and the Dock-Spus, or "John Day.

"Historically splitting their time between winter camps and summer camps on the Columbia River, in 1855 the Tenino people are made a party to the Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon, which is negotiated by Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs Joel Palmer.

The Warm Springs bands are today a part of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, which governs the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Central Oregon.