Klamath Tribes

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Ancestral Homeland: Washington, Oregon and northern California

Tribal Headquarters
Klamath Tribes P.O. Box 436 Chiloquin, OR 97624-0436 Phone: 1.541.783.2219 Fax: 1.541.783.2029


 * The Klamath Tribes Official Website

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
 * 1961: Klamath Tribe of Oregon Teminated, Tribal membership 2,133, Tribal land (Acres) 862,662
 * 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.

Treaty

 * 1864 Klamath, Etc.,

Important Web Sites

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