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 Terminated, Tribal membership 2,133, Tribal land (Acres) 862,662
 * 1986: Regained federal recognition

Stern, Theodore. The Klamath Tribe A People and Their Reservation. University of Washington Press. 1966

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.

Superintendencies
California Superintendency

Oregon Superintendency

Agencies
Hoopa Valley Agency

Greenville School Agency

Roseburg Agency

Klamath Agency- California

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

Treaty

 * 1864 Klamath, Etc.,

Important Web Sites

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