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The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, known to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of Oregon is a federally recognized tribe based in Roseburg, Oregon, United States. The tribe takes its name from Cow Creek, a tributary of the South Umpqua River.
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Native Americans is one of nine federally recognized indigenous Tribal Governments in the State of Oregon. [9] They were the first tribes in the Oregon Territory to sign a treaty with the US government, on 19 September 1853. [ 3 ]
A Bureau of Indian Affairs map of Indian reservations belonging to federally recognized ... Cow Creek Reservation: Umpqua: Oregon: 104: 5.43 (14.06) ... Jena Band of ...
Cow Creek is a medium-sized river in southwestern Oregon, a tributary of the South Umpqua River. It drains an area of over 400 square miles (1,000 km 2 ) on the western foothills of the Cascade Range and within the Oregon Coast Range .
The Umpqua River valley was inhabited by several different bands of Indians: primarily the Athabaskan-speaking Upper Umpqua, Takelman speaking Cow Creek Band of Umpqua, the Yoncalla (a Kalapuyan people) in the north, and the Quich (Lower Umpqua) from Scottsburg/Wells Creek to the coast. The Quich (or Kuitsh) spoke a dialect of the Siuslaw language.
Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Reservation, of Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians is less than 10 acres (40,000 m 2) [1] Coquille Reservation includes 5,400 acres (22 km 2) of land held in trust for the Coquille Tribe in and around Coos Bay, Oregon
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians were next to be restored, under Public Law 97–391 in 1982. The Cow Creek Band received federal recognition and services, but there was no restoration or creation of reservation lands. [62]
Modern-day Roseburg is located on the lands of numerous Indian tribes, including the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe, whose Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation is located in Roseburg. [9] Roseburg was the site of the 1855 Battle of Hungry Hill , part of the Rogue River Wars of 1855–56, fought between several southern Oregon Indian groups ...