Rogue River Indians are a conglomeration of many tribal groups in the

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area, belonging to three language families:

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Takelma The Takelma (also Dagelma) are a Native American people who originally lived in the Rogue Valley of interior southwestern Oregon. Most of their villages were sited along the Rogue River. The name ''Takelma'' means "(Those) Along the River". H ...

, and Shastan.

Groups

The principal tribes grouped under the name Rogue River Indians were: * Lower Rogue River Athabascan (or Tututni) tribes, including: ::* Upper Coquille (''Mishikwutinetunne'', ''Mishi-qute-me-tunne'' - ″the people dwelling on the river Mishi″) tribe (Coquille River Area), ::*

Shasta Costa The Shasta Costa (also known as the Chasta Costa, Shastacosta, Chastacosta, Shastao-Skoton, Shista-Kkhwusta or Shistakwasta) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, one of Tututni people, Lower Rogue River Athabascan tr ...

tribe, and ::*

Tututni The Tututni tribe is a historic Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon who signed the 1855 Coast Treaty, and were removed to the Siletz Indian Reservation in Oregon. They traditionally lived a ...

tribe (Lower Rogue River Area) (including Yukichetunne or (''Yugweeche'', ''Eu-qua-chees'') band (Euchre Creek Area)) and * Upper Rogue River Athabascan (Siskiyou: Galice-Applegate) tribes, including: ::* Taltushtuntede, Taltushtuntude or (''Tal-tuc-tun-te-de'') tribe (Galice Creek Area) and ::* Dakubetede (''Da-ku-be-te-de'') tribe (Applegate Area), * Takelman tribes, including: ::* Latgawa (Upland Takelma), ::*

(Dagelma) (Lowland or River Takelma), * Shasta (Chasta). The total estimated population of these tribes in 1850 was about 9,500. The

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employees of the

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called them all ''"coquins"'', meaning "Rogues", where the designation Rogue River comes from. After the

Rogue River Wars The Rogue River Wars were an armed conflict in 1855–1856 between the U.S. Army, local militias and volunteers, and the Native American tribes commonly grouped under the designation of Rogue River Indians, in the Rogue Valley area of wha ...

in 1856, bands of the Rogue River Indians were split between the

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in the United States is a federally recognized confederation of more than 27 Native American tribes and bands who once inhabited an extensive homeland of more than 20 million acres from northern Calif ...

and the

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, relocating to either the

Siletz Reservation The Siletz Reservation is a 5.852 sq mi (15.157 km2) Indian reservation in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, owned by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. The reservation is made up of numerous non-contiguous parcels of land in east-centr ...

north of the tribe's traditional lands or to the

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.Douthit, ''Uncertain Encounters,'' pp. 157–158. Some of the tribal members were never captured and were forced to wander.

Notes

References

* E.A. Schwartz, ''The Rogue River indian War and Its Aftermath, 1850-1980.'' Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1997. {{authority control Native American tribes in Oregon Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians i01