The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians of Oregon are a

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Native American tribe of Hanis Coos, Miluk Coos, Lower Umpqua (or Kuitsh), and

Siuslaw people The Siuslaw are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. Their autonym is sha’yuushtl’a. Today Siuslaw people are enrolled with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indi ...

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Lands

The service area of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians includes lands in a five-county area spanning Coos,

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, Lincoln, Douglas, and Lane Counties.

Government

The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are headquartered in

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. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected general council, serving four-year terms. The tribal chief serves ten-year terms. The current tribal government leadership is as follows: * Chief: Warren Brainard * Chairman: Mark Ingersoll *Vice-chair: Teresa Spangler * Councilperson: Doc Slyter * Councilperson: Beverly (Beaver) Bowen * Councilperson: Tara Bowen * Councilperson: Arron McNutt

Languages

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw speak English. Formerly they spoke the Coos language and Siuslaw language (Siuslaw and Kuitsh dialects), which is a

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. The tribe runs a language program to revive Coos and Siuslaw.

Economic development

The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw owns and operates: * Three Rivers Resort, a Class 3 Facility in

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Three Rivers Casino
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Blue Earth Services and Technology

History

The tribes did not have contact with Europeans until 1792. In 1828, Lower Umpqua (Kuitsh) people massacred members of the

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Party and attacked the

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's fort in 1838.Pritzker 172 Most of their population died in the epidemics which followed European contact. In 1860 the remnants of these and other tribes were forced onto the Siletz Reservation. The reservation was split into three parts, with one section being opened to non-native settlement and another becoming the Alsea Reservation, which was opened to non-native settlement in 1875.Pritzker 173 The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw formally organized in 1916. They adopted their first constitution in 1938Pritzker 174 and ratified their current constitution in 1987.

Notes

References

* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

External links

Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
official website

Native American Rights Fund {{DEFAULTSORT:Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Coos Native American tribes in Oregon Federally recognized tribes in the United States Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau Coos County, Oregon Curry County, Oregon Douglas County, Oregon Lane County, Oregon Lincoln County, Oregon