Kamiakin High School is a public high school in Kennewick, Washington. Kamiakin was founded in 1970 at 600 N Arthur Street in northwest Kennewick, and went through a remodel in the early first decade of the 21st century. It currently has an enrollment of about 1,800. The school is named after Kamiakin, a chief of the Yakama Tribe in the 19th century, and a leader of the American Indian side in the Yakima War.
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