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Rogue River Indians are a conglomeration of many tribal groups in the
Rogue River Indians are a conglomeration of many tribal groups in the Rogue River Valley
The Rogue Valley is a valley region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of Southern Oregon nea ...
area, belonging to three language families: Athabascan, Takelma and Shastan.
Groups
The principal tribes grouped under the name Rogue River Indians were: * Lower Rogue River Athabascan (or Tututni) tribes, including: ::* Upper Coquille (''Mishikwutinetunne'', ''Mishi-qute-me-tunne'' - ″the people dwelling on the river Mishi″) tribe (Coquille River Area), ::*Shasta Costa
The Shasta Costa (also known as the Chasta Costa, Shastacosta, Chastacosta, Shastao-Skoton, Shista-Kkhwusta or Shistakwasta ), are a Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon, who originally live ...
tribe, and
::* Tututni
The Tututni tribe is a historic Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon who signed the 1855 Coast Treaty, and were removed to the Siletz Indian
Reservation in Oregon. They traditionally lived a ...
tribe (Lower Rogue River Area) (including Yukichetunne or (''Yugweeche'', ''Eu-qua-chees'') band (Euchre Creek Area)) and
* Upper Rogue River Athabascan (Siskiyou: Galice-Applegate) tribes, including:
::* Taltushtuntede, Taltushtuntude or (''Tal-tuc-tun-te-de'') tribe (Galice Creek Area) and
::* Dakubetede (''Da-ku-be-te-de'') tribe (Applegate Area),
* Takelman tribes, including:
::* Latgawa
Latgawa are Native American people who lived in the Rogue Valley of interior southwest Oregon. In their own language "Latgawa" means "those living in the uplands," though they were also known as the Walumskni by the neighboring Klamath tribe.
...
(Upland Takelma),
::* Takelma
The Takelma (also Dagelma) are a Native American people who originally lived in the Rogue Valley of interior southwestern Oregon.
Most of their villages were sited along the Rogue River. The name ''Takelma'' means "(Those) Along the River".
His ...
(Dagelma) (Lowland or River Takelma),
* Shasta (Chasta).
The total estimated population of these tribes in 1850 was about 9,500. The French Canadian employees of the Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group. A fur trading business for much of its existence, HBC now owns and operates retail stores in Canada. The company's namesake business div ...
called them all ''"coquins"'', meaning "Rogues", where the designation Rogue River comes from.
After the Rogue River Wars in 1856, bands of the Rogue River Indians were split between the Confederated Tribes of Siletz
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in the United States is a federally recognized confederation of more than 27 Native American tribes and bands who once inhabited an extensive homeland of more than 20 million acres from northern Califo ...
and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, relocating to either the Siletz Indian 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 ...
north of the tribe's traditional lands or to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation
The Grand Ronde Community is an Indian reservation located on several non-contiguous sections of land in southwestern Yamhill County and northwestern Polk County, Oregon, United States, about east of Lincoln City, near the community of Grand ...
.Douthit, ''Uncertain Encounters,'' pp. 157–158. Some of the tribal members were never captured and were forced to wander.
Notes
References
* E.A. Schwartz, ''The Rogue River indian War and Its Aftermath, 1850-1980.'' Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. {{authority control Native American tribes in Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians i01