Coast Indian Reservation
The Coast Indian Reservation is a former Indian reservation in the U.S. state of Oregon, established in 1855. It was gradually greatly reduced in size to become the present-day Siletz Reservation.
History
The Coast Reservation was established on November 9, 1855, by executive order for the coastal Indian tribes of Oregon.[1]
Original area
The original reservation's western boundary ran 105 miles along the Pacific Ocean from present-day Dunes City in the south to Cape Lookout in the north.[2] The eastern boundary was roughly the summit of the Central Oregon Coast Range.[3] The reservation comprised 1.1 million acres, or about one-third of the Oregon Coast.[2] The area encompassed most of present-day Lincoln County, much of western Lane County, and parts of Douglas, Benton, Yamhill, and Tillamook counties.[4][5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Kent 1977, p.1
- 1 2 Wilkinson 2010, p.176
- ↑ Kent 1977, p.2
- ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 26, 32, 38, 44, 45. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ↑ "History of the Siletz" (PDF). Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. p. 8.
References
- Kent, William Eugene (1977) [1973]. The Siletz Indian Reservation 1855–1900 (Master of Science in Teaching in History, Portland State University). Newport, Oregon: Lincoln County Historical Society. OCLC 5948865.
- Wilkinson, Charles (2010). The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99066-8.
External links
- Lewis, David. "Coast Indian Reservation". The Oregon Encyclopedia.