Shasta Indian Nation

Various Spellings: Shasta, Chasta

Tribal Headquarters
Shasta Indian Nation P.O. Box 195 Macdoel, CA  96058  Phone: 530-244-2742 Website

Brief Timeline
1820-1830: fur trappers encounter the tribe

1850-1857: Tribe involved in the Rogue River Indian Wars

1851: treaty signed by thirteen chiefs and Commissioner Redick McKee

1853: Rouge River Treaty established a reservation in Oregon

1854:Chasta Costa Treaty; California Shasta lost their land

1856: Removeal to Grande Ronde reservation and Siletz reservation both in Oregon

1864: Klamath Treaty; Shasta of California lost their land and were moved to Klamath River Reservation

1887: General Allotment Act

1939: some of tribe move to Quartz Valley Reservation

1984: Shasta Nation applies for federal recognition

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Shasta tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Reservations
Grande Ronde Reservation

Quartz Valley Reservation

Siletz Reservation

Records
Correspondence and Census

Treaty


 * 1854 November 18, with Quilsieton and Nanelton bands

Important Websites
Official Website of the Shasta Indian Nation

Wikipedia article on the Shasta (Chasta) Indians