The Coast Indian Reservation is a former

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in the

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, established in 1855. It was gradually reduced in size and in the 21st century is known as the present-day

Siletz Reservation The Siletz Reservation is a 5.852 sq mi (15.157 km²) Indian reservation in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. The reservation is made up of numerous non-contiguous parcels of land in east-centra ...

History

The Coast Reservation was established on November 9, 1855, by

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for the coastal Indian tribes of Oregon. It was intended for removal of tribes involved in the Rogue River Wars from southern Oregon, as well as for small struggling tribes whose land the federal government wanted to take over for European-American settlement.

Original area

The original reservation's western boundary ran 105 miles along the

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from present-day Dunes City in the south to Cape Lookout in the north.Wilkinson 2010, p.176 The eastern boundary was roughly the summit of the

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. The reservation comprised 1.1 million acres, or about one-third of the

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. The area encompassed most of present-day Lincoln County, much of western Lane County, and parts of

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, Benton, Yamhill, and

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counties.

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* {{authority control Oregon Coast American Indian reservations in Oregon Former American Indian reservations History of Oregon Geography of Benton County, Oregon Geography of Douglas County, Oregon Geography of Lane County, Oregon Geography of Lincoln County, Oregon Geography of Tillamook County, Oregon Geography of Yamhill County, Oregon 1855 establishments in Oregon Territory

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