Cayuse may refer to: *

Cayuse people The Cayuse are a Native American tribe in what is now the state of Oregon in the United States. The Cayuse tribe shares a reservation and government in northeastern Oregon with the Umatilla and the Walla Walla tribes as part of the Confed ...

, a people native to Oregon, United States *

Cayuse language The Cayuse language (''Cailloux, Willetpoos'') is an extinct unclassified language formerly spoken by the Cayuse Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Cayuse name for themselves was ''Liksiyu'' (see Aoki 1998). Classification ...

, an extinct language of the Cayuse people *

Cayuse, Oregon Cayuse is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, located east of Pendleton on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The population was 59 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Pendleton ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Cayuse horse Cayuse is an archaic term used in the American West, originally referring to a small landrace horse, often noted for unruly temperament. The name came from the horses of the Cayuse people of the Pacific Northwest. The term came to be used in a ...

, an archaic term for a feral or low-quality horse or pony * OH-6 "Cayuse", a military observation helicopter *

Cayuse Five The Cayuse Five were five members of the Native American tribe, the Cayuse of Oregon who were hanged for murder, in 1850. Their names were Clokomas, Isiaasheluckas, Kiamasumkin, Telakite, and Tomahas—note how these names are spelled varies ...

, five Cayuse who were hanged for murder

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