Siuslaw people

The Siuslaw are an

Today Siuslaw people are enrolled with the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians located on the southwest Oregon, on the Pacific Coast.

Territory

Historically, the Siuslaw lived along the Siuslaw River in western Oregon.^[2] They had 34 distinct named villages in the 1880s.^[2]

Language

The Siuslaw are closely related to the Lower Umpqua (or Kuitsh), and both group spoke dialects of Siuslaw language, a Coast Oregon Penutian language. The Siuslaw language is extinct.

History

The Siuslaw people lived in their villages along the Siuslaw River for centuries until 1860, when they were forcibly removed to an Indian reservation in Yachats, Oregon.

The Siuslaw,

• Arnold, Laurie (2012). Bartering with the Bones of Their Dead: The Colville Confederated Tribes and Termination. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
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• Hodge, Frederick Webb (1912). Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Further reading

• Leo J. Frachtenberg, "Siuslaw," in Franz Boas, ed., Handbook of American Indian Languages, Part 2. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1922; pp. 431–630.

External links

• Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw
• Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
• Bibliography of the Siuslaw and Kuitsh Indians
• Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw Tribes profile