Klamath Tribes
Ancestral Homeland: Washington, Oregon and northern California
Contents
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
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
History[edit | edit source]
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1829: Peter Skene Ogden (Hudson Bay Company) established 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 FHL book 970.3 K662s
Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Reservations[edit | edit source]
Agencies[edit | edit source]
Klamath Agency- California
Records[edit | edit source]
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
Correspondence and Census[edit | edit source]
| Tribe | Agency | Location of Original Records |
Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
Post 1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klamath | Hoopa Valley Agency, 1891-1929 | San Francisco | - | - | 12,182-87,224-27 | FHL Films: 576871-576876 |
| Klamath, Lower | Greenville School/Agency, 1897-1921 | San Francisco | - | - | - | - |
| Klamath, Lower | Roseburg Agency, 1913-18 | San Francisco | - | - | 446 | - |
| Klamath | Klamath Indian Agency, 1865-1952 | - | - | - | 12,182-87,224-27 | FHLFilms: 576871-576876 |
Treaty[edit | edit source]
- 1864 Klamath, Etc.,
Important Websites[edit | edit source]
- The Constitution of the Klamath Tribes.
- The Klamath Tribes Official Website
- Klamath Tribes Wikipedia
References[edit | edit source]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
[[Category:Indigenous Tribes of Washington]
