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To: brytlea
"It would seem to me that in order for the Yakima to claim this person as an ancestor,"

Are you from around here? You know the spelling. It was Yakima all my life and then suddenly it became Yakama

79 posted on 02/24/2006 7:20:55 AM PST by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Spunky

From what I've read, Yakama refers to the tribe and Yakima to the place.


81 posted on 02/24/2006 7:22:32 AM PST by moog
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To: Spunky

I have a friend who is part Yakima. Wonder why they changed the spelling? Wierd.
susie


126 posted on 02/24/2006 7:50:01 AM PST by brytlea (I'm not a conspiracy theorist....really.)
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