Klamath Tribes

Brief Timeline
1829: Peter Skene Ogden (Hudson Bay Company) extablished trade relations with the tribe

1864: Treaty,settled on a reservation

1872-73: Modoc War

1954: U.S. Congress terminated the tribe

1986: regained federal recognizion

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 Klamath tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Tribal Headquarters
Klamath Tribes P.O. Box 436 Chiloquin, OR 97624-0436 Phone: 541.783.2219 Fax: 541.783.2029

Records
Agency

Correspondence and Census

Important Web Sites

 * The Constitution of the Klamath Tribes.
 * The Klamath Tribes Official Website
 * Klamath Tribes Wikipedia