Pa'kiut'lema

Pa'kiut'lema, the people of the gap, is a name for the Yakama associated with a narrow passage of the Yakima River. Their principal village stood near the gap, where the river leaves the upper valley for the lower country. Salmon ran upstream through this dry inland region, while roots and game supplied food from the surrounding lands. Paths linked the Yakama with neighbouring peoples across the Columbia Plateau and through passes in the Cascade Mountains.