The Coast Indian Reservation is a former
Indian reservation
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
, 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-centr ...
.
History
The Coast Reservation was established on November 9, 1855, by
executive order
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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
Pacific Ocean
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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
Central Oregon Coast Range
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. The reservation comprised 1.1 million acres, or about one-third of the
Oregon Coast
The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately from the California state border in the south to the Colum ...
.
[ The area encompassed most of present-day Lincoln County, much of western Lane County, and parts of ]Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
* Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...
, Benton, Yamhill, and Tillamook counties.
See also
* List of Indian reservations in Oregon
Notes
References
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External links
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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