Editing Cle Elum, Washington (section)

=== Native history ===
Cle Elum was originally inhabited by the [[Kittitas (tribe)|Kittitas]] band of the [[Yakama]] tribe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kershner |first=Jim |date=October 11, 2013 |title=Cle Elum -- Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/10646 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref> The tribe fished [[salmon]], [[steelhead]], and [[trout]] from the [[Yakima River]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kershner |first=Jim |date=October 5, 2013 |title=South Cle Elum -- Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/10642 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=[[HistoryLink]]}}</ref> The Salmon la Sac trails in the northern area of the region were created by the Kittitas people and were used as layovers for journeys into the higher altitudes of the [[Cascade Range]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pittman |first=Justin |date=July 24, 2012 |title=Salmon la Sac area has a long and storied history |url=https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/news/salmon-la-sac-area-has-a-long-and-storied-history/article_644401dc-d5b1-11e1-b514-001a4bcf887a.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref> In 1855, after the arrival of Catholic missionaries, and the passing through of settlers and coal miners on their way to the [[Puget Sound]], a treaty resulted in the Yakamas ceding most of their land for a reservation in the lower Yakima Valley and guaranteed access to fish,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stecker |first=Tiffany |date=2016-09-28 |title=Deal could end bitter Wash. battle, but not everyone's happy |url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/deal-could-end-bitter-wash-battle-but-not-everyones-happy/ |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=E&E News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=BLUMM |first1=MICHAEL C. |last2=STEADMAN |first2=JANE G. |date=2009 |title=Indian Treaty Fishing Rights and Habitat Protection: The Martinez Decision Supplies a Resounding Judicial Reaffirmation |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24889243 |journal=Natural Resources Journal |volume=49 |issue=3/4 |pages=653–706 |jstor=24889243 |issn=0028-0739}}</ref> including what would later be incorporated as Cle Elum. By 1859, the Kittitas had been forced to relocate to the [[Yakama Indian Reservation]].<ref name=":0" />