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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records

Church records for a list of missions

History for a calendar of events

Military for a list of forts

Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Active Tribes

Burns Paiute Tribe Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Coquille Indian Tribe Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation (Nevada and Oregon) Klamath Tribes

Historical Tribes in Oregon
The following list of Native Americans who have lived in Oregon has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.

Ahantchuyuk, Alsea, Atfalati, Bannock, Cayuse, Chastacosta, Chelamela, Chepenafa, Chetco, Clackamas, Clatskanie, Clatsop, Clowwewalla, Coquille, Dakubetede, Hanis, Kalapuya, Klamath, Kuitsh, Latgawa, Lohim, Luckiamute, Lakmiut, Miluk, Mishikhwutmetunne, Modoc, Molala, Multnomah, Nez Perce, Paiute (Northern), Santiam, Shasta, Siletz, Siuslaw, Skilloot, Snake, Takelma, Taltushtuntude, Tenino, Tillamook, Tututni, Tyigh, Umatilla, Umpqua, Wallawalla, Walpapi, Wasco (Wascopum), Watlala, Yahuskin, Yamel, Yaquina, Yoncalla

Agency Records
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Oregon has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Chiloquin Sub-Agency
 * Grand Ronde Agency
 * Grand Ronde - Siletz Agency
 * Klamath Agency
 * Malheur Agency
 * Northern Idaho Agency
 * Port Orford Agency
 * Rogue River Agency
 * Roseburg, Greenville, and Tule River Agencies (See also California)
 * Siletz Agency, P.O. Box 539, Siletz, OR 97380
 * Southeastern District Agency
 * Umatilla Agency, P.O. Box 520, Pendelton, OR 97801
 * Warm Springs Agency, P.O.Box 1239, Warm Springs, OR 97761

Reservations in Oregon
The following list of reservations has been compiled from the National Atlas of the United States of America, the Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America , and other sources. Those reservations named in bold are current federally-recognized reservations, with their associated agency and tribe(s). Others have historically been associated with the state or are not currently recognized by the federal government.


 * Burns Paiute Reservation
 * Celilo Village
 * Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Reservation
 * Coquille Indian Tribal Community
 * Cow Creek
 * Fort McDermitt Reservation
 * Grand Ronde Reservation
 * Klamath Reservation
 * Malheur Reservation
 * Siletz Reservation Federal /State, under the jurisdiction of Siletz Agency
 * Umatilla Reservation: Federal, under the jurisdiction of Umatilla Agency, Tribes: Cayuse, Walla Walla and Umatilla
 * Warm Springs Reservation Federal, under the jurisdiction of Warm Springs Agency, Tribes: Warm Springs, Northern Paiute, and Wasco

Oregon Indian Schools
(OPTIONAL HEADING)  Indian Schools Currently Open: (if Applicable) Historical Schools: The following list of Indian Schools in Oregon has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Chemawa Indian School
 * Salem School
 * Siletz School
 * Warm Springs School


 * Jesuits Mission 1853-1960 (covering eastern Washington, northern Idaho, western Montana and northeast Oregon)


 * Chemawa Indian School 1883-1947 (based in Salem, Oregon)

Missions in Oregon
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Indian Health Agencies in Oregon
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Oregon Map of Indian Lands
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Census Records

 * A useful guide is Charles E. McChesney, Rolls of Certain Indian Tribes in Oregon and Washington (Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, l969) ;

Military Records
Schwartz, E. A,. The Rouge River Indian War and Its Aftermath, 1850-1980. Norman, Ok: University of Oklahoma Press. c1997. WorldCat

Archives
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Libraries
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Museums
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Societies
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Other Repositories
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For Further Reading

 * "Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.
 * American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
 * Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
 * Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
 * Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
 * Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
 * Isaacs. Katherine M., editor. Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. U.S. Data Sourcebook, Volume 11 Appendices, Bureau of Indian Affairs List of American Indian Reservations, Appendix E, Indian Reservations. Omnigraphics, Inc., 1991.
 * National Atlas of the United States of America -- Federal Lands and Indian Reservations Available online.
 * Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
 * Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.

FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has histories of the various tribes that have lived in Oregon. The library also has microfilm copies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' records of births, marriages, deaths, censuses, schools, land allotments, and heirships. In general, these are for 1877 to 1952 and include records of the Chemawa Indian School, Grand Ronde-Siletz and Klamath agencies and the Portland Area Office. The original documents are at the National Archives—Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) and their internet site.See also the FamilySearch Catalog Oregon Native Races.


 * Of special value are the Family Index Cards, 1938-1950 from the Portland Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Family History and Medical Data, 1904-1937 from the Klamath Agency


 * Territorial Papers of Oregon 1848-1907, 12 films M1049, 1st film


 * Department of Interior 1849-1907


 * Office of Indian Affairs Oregon Superintendency 1848-1873


 * Oregon Superintendency 1842-1880


 * Indians of Oregon Bibliography,1966-1983. by Betty Book. WorldCat


 * Other records may be found in the FamilySearch Catalog in the "Subject" Search using the name of the tribe, or in the Place-names Search of the Catalog under the name of the state and various subjects, such as PROBATE RECORDS and LAND AND PROPERTY.