List of Indian reservations in Oregon

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This is a list of Indian reservations in the U.S. state of Oregon as of 2006.

Contents 1 Existing reservations 2 Planned reservations[2] 3 Fort McDermitt, Nevada-Oregon 4 Historic reservations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Existing reservations

There are seven Indian reservations in Oregon that belong to seven of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes:

• Burns Paiute Indian Reservation, of the Burns Paiute: 13,738 acres (56 km²) in Harney County
• Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indian Reservation, of Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians is less than ten acres^[1]
• Coquille Indian Reservation includes 5400 acres (22 km²) of land held in trust for the Coquille Tribe in and around Coos Bay, Oregon
• Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon: 11,040 acres (45 km²), mostly in Yamhill County, with the rest in Polk County
• Siletz Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz: 4,204 acres (17 km²), 3,666 acres (15 km²) of which is in Lincoln County
• Umatilla Indian Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation: 172,882 acres (700 km²), mostly in Umatilla County, with the rest in Union County
• Warm Springs Indian Reservation, of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs: 641,118 acres (2,594 km²), mostly in Wasco County and Jefferson County, with parts in Clackamas, Marion, and Linn counties

[edit] Planned reservations^[2]

• Cow Creek Indian Reservation, of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
• Klamath Reservation, of the Klamath Tribes

[edit] Fort McDermitt, Nevada-Oregon

One reservation in Oregon, for a Nevada tribe, straddles Oregon's southern border with Nevada^[3]:

• Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes: near McDermitt in Humboldt County, Nevada and Malheur County, Oregon

[edit] Historic reservations

• Coastal Indian Reservation, formed in 1856, a much smaller remnant exists as the Siletz Reservation
• Malheur Reservation

[edit] See also

• Category:American Indian reservations
• List of Native American Tribal Entities
• List of Indian reservations in the United States

[edit] References

1. ^ Official website of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
2. ^ Indian Tribes in Oregon from the Oregon Blue Book website
3. ^ Map of Nevada in PDF format, from the National Atlas of the United States

[edit] External links

• Oregon Directory of American Indian Resources, in PDF format