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There are seven Native American reservations in Oregon that belong to seven of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes: . Burns Paiute Indian Colony, of the Burns Paiute Tribe: 13,738 acres (55.60 km 2) in Harney County
As of 2008, there were nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon. [1] They are listed here by the names by which the governments call themselves. Their BIA names may be different. (See Native American tribes in Oregon for the individual tribes and bands.) Burns Paiute Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
The Umatilla Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It was created by The Treaty of 9 June 1855 between the United States and members of the Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes. It lies in northeastern Oregon, east of Pendleton.
In 2001, Oregon's Senate Bill 770 established "government to government" relations between tribal nations and the Oregon State Government. [77] This bill created ORS 182.162-168, [ 78 ] which further codified the legal relationships between the state of Oregon and the nine federally-recognized tribes located within the bounds of the state.
The high desert in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation with Mount Jefferson in the background. The Warm Springs Indian Reservation consists of 1,019 square miles (2,640 km 2) in north-central Oregon, in the United States, and is governed by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
Oregon: 128: 18.95 (49.07) 0.026 (0.068) ... A state designated American Indian reservation is the land area designated by a state for state-recognized American ...
Weyíiletpuu is a dialect of the Nez Perce language as used by the Cayuse people of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. [17] Today six language teachers are running programs at the Nixyaawii Community School, which has offered Umatilla, Walla Walla and Nez Perce language classes for the last decade.
The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are headquartered in Coos Bay, Oregon. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected general council, serving four-year terms. The tribal chief serves ten-year terms. The current tribal government leadership is as follows: Chief: Warren Brainard; Chairman: Mark Ingersoll