Tribal Webpages
Tribal Webpages
Klamath Falls City Schools currently has more than 190 students enrolled in the Title VI program. These students represent 22 tribes in addition to the 9 federally recognized tribes in Oregon. Below we have included links to the webpages of all of these tribes as well as a brief description of each one. We hope that many of our district educators will also take the time to look at these sites in order to find culturally relevant materials and resources that will help them include more Native American history, concerns and perspectives into their classrooms. (Click on the name of the tribe to access their individual websites)
The 9 Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon
The Burns Paiute Reservation is located in rural eastern Oregon. The Burns Paiute Tribe is primarily comprised of the descendants of the Wadatika Band of Northern Paiutes. The traditional homelands of the Burns Paiute include 5250 square miles of land in central-southeastern Oregon, Northern Nevada, northwestern California and western Idaho. The Burns Paiute still maintain aboriginal title to much of their aboriginal territory. The Tribe currently has 402 enrolled members of which 142 people call the Reservation their home.
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are made up of 3 tribes (4 Bands): 2 bands of Coos Tribes: Hanis Coos (Coos Proper), Miluk Coos; Lower Umpqua Tribe; and Siuslaw Tribe. The total tribal population consisted of 526 individuals in 1990.
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon consists of twenty-seven Native American tribes with long historical ties to present-day western Oregon between the western boundary of the Oregon Coast and the eastern boundary of the Cascade Range, and the northern boundary of southwestern Washington and the southern boundary of northern California. The community has an 11,288-acre Indian reservation, the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, which was established in 1855 in Yamhill and Polk counties. There are currently 5,200 enrolled tribal members.
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians is a confederation of more than 27 Native American tribes and bands who once inhabited a range from northern California to southwest Washington; between the summit of the Cascades and the Pacific Ocean. The tribes spoke at least 11 distinct languages. The total tribal population consisted of 5,100 individuals as of 2011.
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Three tribes make up the CTUIR: Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla. They have lived on the Columbia River Plateau for over 10,000 years, an area of about 6.4 million acres in what is now northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. The tribes share the Reservation, which consists of 271 square miles in Umatilla County, in northeast Oregon state. The tribal offices are just east of Pendleton, Oregon. There are 2,916 enrolled tribal members.
The Confederated Tribes or Warm Springs
Before becoming the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs these three tribes; Wasco, Warm Springs, and Paiute, lived along the Columbia River and Cascade Mountains. In 1855, the Warm Springs and Wasco tribes treated with the United States in the Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon, ceding 10 million acres of aboriginal lands to the United States. Today, the enrolled membership of all three tribes totals over 5,000. Over 3,300 of those members reside on the reservation, with the tribal headquarters located In Warm Springs, Oregon.
The Coquille Indian Tribe flourished in Oregon’s southwestern corner for thousands of years. However, 19th century’s treaties ceded much of their homeland to the U.S. government, in exchange for promises that would go unfulfilled and their culture nearly went extinct. In 1954, Congress declared the Coquille Tribe “terminated,” but they were restored to federal recognition in 1989. Today they number more than 1,100 members.
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
For generations the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua, lived between the Cascade and the Coast ranges in the Umpqua and Rogue River watersheds in southwestern Oregon. The heart of their country was concentrated on the South Umpqua River and its primary tributary, Cow Creek. Today the Tribe currently includes nearly 1400 members with tribal government based in Canyonville, Oregon.
The Klamath Tribes is composed of three Native American tribes who traditionally inhabited Southern Oregon and Northern California: the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin. The tribal government is based in Chiloquin, Oregon and total population numbers some 5,400 individuals. By the 1950s the Klamath Tribes were among the wealthiest Tribes in the United States. They owned (and judiciously managed for long-term yield) the largest remaining stand of Ponderosa pine in the west. Self-sufficient, the Klamath were the only tribes in the United States that paid for all federal, state and private services used by their members.
Additional Tribes From Which We Have Enrolled Students (DISTRICT WIDE)
The Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming
The Wind River Indian Reservation is located in the central-western portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, where Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Native American tribes currently live. Stretching roughly 60 miles east to west and 50 miles north to south, the Indian reservation is located in the Wind River Basin. It is the seventh largest reservation by area, and the 5th largest by population with a population of 27,088 individuals.
The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska is a tribal government representing over 32,000 Tlingit and Haida Indians worldwide. The Tlingit Haida Central Council is one of only two federally recognized regional tribes in Alaska and is headquartered in Juneau, Alaska.
Cher-AE Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria
The Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe with members who are descendants of Chetco, Hupa, Karuk, Tolowa, Wiyot, and Yurok people in Humboldt County, California. As of the 2010 Census the population was 132. The Trinidad Rancheria is a federally recognized rancheria totaling 80 acres.
There are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes in the United States, with the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma being the largest. It was established in the 20th century and includes people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokee who were forced to relocate on the Trail of Tears. Over 299,862 people are enrolled in the Cherokee Nation, with 189,228 living within the state of Oklahoma.
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
The Choctaw Nation consists of a jurisdictional area and reservation comprising 10.5 counties in Southeastern Oklahoma. It is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United States. As of 2011, the tribe has 223,279 enrolled members, of whom 84,670 live within the state of Oklahoma. The Choctaw Nation is one of three federally recognized Choctaw tribes; the others are the sizable Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, with 10,000 members and territory in several communities, and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians in Louisiana, with a few hundred members.
The Confederate Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
The Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma. They are descendants of the Wendat Confederacy and Native Americans with territory near Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Under pressure from Iroquois and other tribes, then from European settlers and the United States government, the tribe gradually moved south and west to Ohio, Michigan, Kansas and finally Oklahoma in the United States. Current population numbers some 4,957 individuals.
The Crow Indian Reservation, headquartered in Crow Agency, is the largest reservation in Montana encompassing approximately 2.2 million acres. The Crow Tribe has a membership of 11,000, of whom 7,900 reside on the Crow Indian Reservation.The tribe is originally called "Apsáalooke," which means "children of the large-beaked bird." White men later misinterpreted the word as "Crow." 85% of the tribe speaks Crow as their first language.
The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is one of three (3) federally-recognized Shawnee tribes: the Eastern Shawnee on the Oklahoma-Missouri border near Wyandotte, OK; the Absentee Shawnee near Shawnee, OK; and the Shawnee Tribe in Miami, OK. Most archaeologists and historians agree their original homeland was the middle Ohio Valley, between modern Louisville, Kentucky, and West Virginia. There are 2,801 enrolled tribal members, with 904 of them living within the state of Oklahoma.
The Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California (No Website)
The Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute Indians in Modoc County in the northeast corner of California. The population as of 1969 was 112.
The Gila River Indian Community
The Gila River Indian Community is an Indian reservation located in Arizona south of Phoenix, The community is home for members of both the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. The reservation has a land area of 583.749 square miles (1,511.90 km2) and a 2000 Census population of 11,257.
The Karuk Tribe is one of the largest tribes in California. The Karuk do not have a legally designated reservation but do have a number of small tracts held in trust. The total land area of these parcels is 2.908 square kilometres (1.123 sq mi; 719 acres). A resident population of 333 persons was reported in the 2000 census. There are 4,800 enrolled tribal members.
The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria
The Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo people in Sonoma County, California.They are also known as the Kashaya Pomo. As of 2010, 78 people live on Stewarts Point Rancheria. The Kashia still live in their ancestral homelands near present-day Fort Ross. Their name for themselves, wina·má· bakʰe yaʔ is alternately translated as "Person who belongs on the land" or "People From the Top of the Land."
The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe whose membership is composed of descendants of the Duwamish and Upper Puyallup people who inhabited Central Puget Sound for thousands of years before non-Indian settlement. Most Muckleshoot now live on or near the 15.871 km² (6.128 sq mi) Muckleshoot Reservation. They have an approximate population of more than 3,000, making the Muckleshoot one of the largest Native American tribes in Washington State.
The Muscogee original homelands are in what now comprises southern Tennessee, all of Alabama, western Georgia and part of northern Florida. Most of the Muscogee people were forcibly removed by the federal government from their original lands in the 1830s during the Trail of Tears to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). In 2010 the total population was 88,332.
The Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
The Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government is a U.S. federally recognized Alaska Native Iñupiat "tribal entity" located in Utqiaġvik, Alaska.
The Northern Cheyene Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana
The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation is home of the federally recognized Northern Cheyenne tribe. Located in southeastern Montana, the reservation is approximately 690 square miles and home to approximately 5,000 Cheyenne people. According to tribal enrollment figures as of March 2013, there were approximately 10,050 enrolled tribal members. Members of the Crow Nation also live on the reservation.
The Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
The Oneida are an American Indian tribe and First Nations band. They are one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the area of upstate New York, particularly near the Great Lakes.Originally the Oneida inhabited the area that later became central New York, particularly around Oneida Lake and Oneida County. Today the Oneida have four nationally recognized nations: Oneida Indian Nation in New York, an Oneida Nation, in and around Green Bay, Wisconsin in the United States; and two in Ontario, Canada. With a total population of 15,388, the tribe has 10,309 members living in Wisconsin, 1,109 in New York and 3,970 in Canada.
The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
The Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah is a federally recognized tribe of Southern Paiute and Ute Indians in southwestern Utah. Two Ute bands were absorbed into the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; the Pahvant band and the Moanunts. The tribal headquarters is located in Cedar City, Utah. As of 2006, 840 people were enrolled in the tribe.
The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Part of the Illinois Confederation, The Peoria people are are enrolled in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. The Peoria are Algonquian-speaking people, whose ancestors came from what is now Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. The Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma, and their tribal jurisdictional area is in Ottawa County. Of the 2,925 enrolled tribal members, only 777 live within the state of Oklahoma.
The Pribilof Island Aleut Communities of St Paul and St George Islands
The Pribilof Islands are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea. About 77 square miles in total area, they are mostly rocky and are covered with tundra, with a population of 572 as of the 2010 census.The Aleut people historically lived throughout the Aleutian Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula, with an estimated population of around 25,000 prior to European contact. According to the 2000 Census, 11,941 people identified as being Aleut.
The Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico
The Laguna Pueblo is a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people in west-central New Mexico, near the city of Albuquerque. The people of Laguna have a long history of residing in and farming along the Rio San José in west-central New Mexico. Laguna oral history have firmly proven that people have inhabited the area ranging from 6500 B.C. to the present. The Acoma Pueblo and Pueblo of Laguna have many ties, including location, language and a shared high school. On the 2010 census 6,758 people in the U.S. reported being exclusively Laguna and 8,358 people reported being Laguna either exclusively or in combination with another group.
The Summit Lake Paiute Tribes of Nevada
The Summit Lake Paiute Tribe has a federal reservation, the Summit Lake Indian Reservation in Humboldt County, Nevada. The reservation was established in 1913 and is 12,573 acres with 10,098 acres of trust lands. At a remote northwest corner of Nevada, the tribe is the most isolated among the nine federally recognized tribes in the state. Currently 120 people are enrolled in the tribe.
The Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma. They are descendants of the Wendat Confederacy and Native Americans with territory near Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. Under pressure from Iroquois and other tribes, then from European settlers and the United States government, the tribe gradually moved south and west to Ohio, Michigan, Kansas and finally Oklahoma in the United States. Current population numbers some 4,957 individuals.