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Information You Need To Know About - 

The Klamath Tribes (Klamath, Modoc, and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians)

AP photo /Jeff Barnard -- Klamath Tribes Chairman Joe Kirk spoke Oct. 30 in Chiloquin, Ore., about how sucker fish, known in the Klamath language as chwam, were once plentiful in the Klamath Basin but are now endangered.

The Klamath Tribes Home Page

1864 Treaty With The Klamath Tribes

Wokas, A Primitive Food of the Klamath Indians - From the Report of the United States National Museum for 1902, pages 725-739 with 13 plates

Klamath Society and History

Encyclopedia of North American Indians - Klamath  

Native Americans - Modoc 

MNSU:  Modoc

Historical - Cultural Relationship of Klamath Tribal People with the Wildlife Resources (written in 1985)

US Code:  Subchapter XIII - Klamath Tribe: Termination of Federal Supervision

Klamath Tribes Forestry Tour - Oct. 17, 2003 - includes pictures of the Tribal Sucker fish Hatchery

Video Transcription of Tribes Forestry Tour - Oct. 17, 2003 

A Short History of the Klamath Tribes (written in 1985) Should the Klamath Tribes be given 692,000 acres of the Winema National Forest? - Talking Points
The Constitution of the Klamath Tribes The Klamath Indians of Southern Oregon

The Long Struggle Home:  The Klamath Tribes' Fight To Restore Their Land, People and Economic Self-Sufficiency

The Klamath Trading Trail from Southern Oregon to The Dalles and Celilo Falls region of the Columbia River

Klamath Slave Trade - 1843

The Klamath Tribes  A Statement of Facts – Our Promises to You

Klamath Tribes Reservation Boundaries - 1864 From the Library of Congress
Klamath Tribes Forestry Management Plan for the Winema National Forest - .pdf file Klamath Tribes - A sovereign nation on the dole by Dr. Calvin Hunt
USA v. Adair - Argued and Submitted November 6, 1981. Withdrawn from Submission July 15, 1983. Resubmitted November 14, 1983.  "A Guide to the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest" - The Klamaths

Notes from "The North American Indian" by ES Curtis; Volume 13 - The Klamath

The Tribal/BIA Claims as Filed in the Klamath Basin Adjudication   Update on USA v Adair
Judge Owen M. Panner's Decision in Adair III "that the tribes' claim to water supercedes all other claims in the Upper Basin, including those of irrigators in the Klamath Reclamation Project and reaffirmed that the Klamath Indian Tribes hold a water right with a priority date of “time immemorial” in the Upper Klamath Basin.

What is Tribal Trust?

American Indian Tribal Rights & the ESA, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

NOAA and Tribal Trust:

US Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit Court -  Reversal of Panner's Decision - July 21, 2003 (.pdf file) Testimony of D. Robert Lohn, Regional Administrator, NW Region, NMFS/NOAA Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Tribal Fish and Wildlife Management Programs in the Pacific Northwest - June 4, 2003  

Klamath Termination (Land) Payments in

2000 and 2002 Dollars

Instream Flow Requirements For Tribal Trust Species in the Klamath River  

Prepared On Behalf Of The Yurok Tribe

March 1996  .pdf file  

Bud Uhlman, Lawyer for the Klamath Tribes, spoke at The 9th annual Environmental Justice Conference regarding Klamath irrigators, organized by the Coalition Against Environmental Racism

Origin of the Trust Relationship Between the United States and Indian Tribes by Daniel W. Long 9/12/00  

Klamath Herald and News:  There's no basis to give public lands to Tribes for a new reservation  February 14, 2005 American Fisheries Society:  Distribution of Anadromous Fishes in the Upper Klamath River Watershed Prior to Hydropower Dams—A Synthesis of the Historical Evidence .pdf
Oregonian:  Klamath Tribes sue for salmon loss May 15, 2004 ICT:  A singular chance for Upper Klamath Lake salmon  April 18, 2005

Herald and News Five Part Series:

Your land, my land?  June 19, 2005

A tribe vanishes June 20, 2005

Spending spree June 21, 2005

Turning things around June 22, 2005

An uphill fight - Tribes' efforts to regain former reservation land find little support  June 23, 2005

H&N's Editorial:  Termination facts important to Basin  June 22, 2005

H&N's Guest Column:  The other side of the tribal quest for forest lands  July 11, 2005

Herald and News Letter:  Don't sell public lands July 19, 2005

Indian Land Cessions in the U. S., Oregon, Map 51. United States Digital Map Library - Klamath Tribal Lands, Section 463

Klamath Indian Tribe History 

Modoc Indian Tribe History

Yahuskin Indian Tribal History

Paiute Indian Tribe History

Fredrick V. Coville:  Notes on the plants used by the Klamath Indians of Oregon  2002

Herald and News:  PacifiCorp sale upsets tribes  May 27, 2005 AP:  PacifiCorp seeks dismissal of $1 billion lawsuit about Klamath Salmon
Armstrong: Indian Matters On The Klamath Klamath Falls Herald and News:  Klamath board to hear tribes presentation  July 12, 2005
The Klamath Tribe's Land Proposal Presented to the Klamath County Commissioners on July 13, 2005 Klamath Courier:  Tribe wants to buy forest  July 20, 2005
Assorted Newspaper Articles on the Klamath River Tribes Visit to Scotland and ScottishPower - July, 2005 Scotsman:  $1bn lawsuit against ScottishPower is dropped  July 18, 2005
Capital Press:  Homeland shrank from 22 million acres to none: 1864 to 1974  July 29, 2005 Capital Press:  Water issues linked to tribal quest for land  July 29, 2005
Capital Press Letter:  Feds should manage Winema Forest lands by Charlie Whitlatch July 29, 2005 Herald and News: Short cash, water deal breaks down  July 26, 2005
Herald and News:  Preserving the Klamath tongue  July 31, 2005 ICT:  Indian Water Rights 101 - The Winters Doctrine  August 5, 2005
Pioneer Press:  Karuk Tribe loses $1 billion lawsuit  (Yurok, Hoopa and Klamath Tribes) August 10, 2005 Carrol B. Howe:  Excerpts from:  Unconquered Uncontrolled - The Klamath Indian Reservation 1992
Herald and News:  Tribes delay reservation talks  August 24, 2005 Indian Country Today:  Modern-day warrior society - Native American Rights Fund Part 1 August 12, 2005
Herald and News:  9th Annual Klamath Tribes Restoration Celebration kicks off today  August 25, 2005
Herald and News:  Reservation push on hold  August 28, 2005 Herald and News:  Klamath County Historical Society brings back Echoes No.12  Sept 5, 2005
Herald and News:   Tribes need to reach stronger consensus  Sept 6, 2005 Herald and News Guest Column:  Turning public lands over to the Tribes would be a travesty  Sept 12, 2005
AP:  "Squaw" removed from many place names in Oregon  Oct 12, 2005 Herald and News:   Ninth circuit to review salmon suit  Oct 27, 2005
Herald and News:  What should we call Squaw Point?  Nov 2, 2005 Herald and News:  Document on Captain Jack landed by museum   Nov 23, 2005
Herald and News:  Tribes court to start in January  Dec 21. 2005 Herald and News:   Captain Jack document to go on exhibit  Dec 24, 2005
Herald and News:  Herald and News Letter:  Tribes didn't want to sell  Feb 5, 2006
Klamath Courier:   Tribal members lack info  Feb 8, 2006 Herald and News Letter:  So what did it mean?   Feb 17, 2006
Herald and News:  Dam removal could help Tribes  March 9, 2006 Herald and News Letter:  Some fish can get past Chiloquin dam  March 12, 2006
Herald and News Letter:  So who got tricked?   April 4, 2006 Oregonian:  Tribes stake their claims to casinos - Klamath Tribes   May 5, 2006
Capital Press:  Casino proposal stirs land-use debate in valley   May 12, 2006 Herald and News:  Winema portrait on exhibit at museum  May 18, 2006
NW CA Tribes Press Release:   Tribes March on Portland - Demand Removal of Klamath Dams   July 28, 2006 Herald and News:  Tribes to march in protest of Klamath dams   Aug 2. 2006
NY Times:  Tribes Call for Removal of Dams That Block Journey of Salmon   Aug 3, 2006 AP:  PacifiCorp may agree to removing dams   Aug 3, 2006
Eureka Reporter:  PacifiCorp Energy eases to closure of Klamath dams   Aug 3, 2006 AP:  PacifiCorp: Dams could go   Aug 3, 2006
OPB:  Tribes Demonstrate For Klamath River Dam Demolition  Aug 3, 2006 KOIN:  Tribes Say Klamath River Dams Harming Environment   Aug 3, 2006
UPI:  NMFS supports the removal of the dams to facilitate salmon spawning   Aug 3, 2006 Coos Bay World:  No damming it   Aug 4, 2006
Oregonian:  Native Americans learn to alter tactics   Aug 20, 2006 Siskiyou Daily News:  Klamath Tribes relocate Youth and Family Intervention Program   Sept 25, 2006
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Tribal Water Rights Conference Set For Eugene  Oct. 26, 27   Oct 13, 2006 Eugene Register-Guard:  Conference to explore tribal water rights   Oct 23, 2006
AP:  Tribal water right issues may be resolved   Oct 28, 2006
Herald and News:  New book tells of past times in rural Klamath County   Oct 28, 2006 Herald and News:  Recalling life in the Basin as it used to be   Oct 28, 2006
Columbia Basin Bulletin:  Interior Prepares To Consider Tribal Water Settlements   Nov 3, 2006 Herald and News:  Fighting for freedom   Nov 10, 2006
KBC:  Tribes and Klamath Water Users - Solving the Klamath Crisis; Keeping Farms and Fish Alive   Nov 11, 2006 AP:  Tribes, irrigators differ on removing Klamath River dams   Nov 15, 2006
Herald and News:  Salmon vs. power costs   Nov 15, 2006 Capital Press:  Irrigators talk power; Indians talk fish   Nov 15, 2006
Herald and News:  Petitions oppose reservation for tribes   Nov 29, 2006   Statesman Journal:  Tribal elders urge young people to fight for native rights   Nov 30, 2006
The New Mexican:  Finding a balance: water rights for Native Americans, others uncertain   Jan 16, 2007 Herald and News:  Forest hearing scheduled   Jan 17, 2007
Oregon Senator Doug Whitsett:  Statement on the Klamath Basin Alliance Petitions  Nov 15, 2006 Basin Alliance Press Release:  Klamath County Resolution on Tribal Land   Jan 24, 2007
Herald and News Letter:  I’m disappointed that an organization called the Basin Alliance   Jan 25, 2007 Klamath Basin Alliance:  Response to Becky Hyde's Letter to the Editor   Feb 2, 2007
Herald and News Letter:  Many people have stake in preserving access to federal lands   Feb 4, 2007 Herald and News:  Land transfer to Tribes opposed   Feb 5, 2007
Herald and News Guest Column:  We need rational discussion about what the Tribes 'want'   Feb 5, 2007 Herald and News:  Transfer issue tabled   Feb 7, 2007
Herald and News:  Testimony about the resolution   Feb 7, 2007 AP:  Contractor picked to remove Chiloquin Dam   Feb 7, 2007
Herald and News:  (c’waam) Ceremony honors tradition, promise   Mar 18, 2007 Herald and News:  An outcast in her native land - Marnie Morrow   April 2, 2007
Herald and News:  Tribes lay claim to Conger property  May 4, 2007 Herald and News:  Tribes have a new chairman  June 23, 2007
Oregonian:  Curly Head Jack comes home  July 1, 2007 Klamath Tribes Press ReleaseKlamath Chairman Reaffirms Commitment to protect fish; criticizes USFWS  July 26, 2007
Herald and News:  Restoration Celebration - Powwow traditions bring together generations, tribes in Chiloquin  August 26, 2007 Herald and News:  Schools aim to revive Tribal history  Sept 3, 2007
Herald and NewsTribes pay members  Sept 22, 2007 Herald and News:  Tribal archaeological site excavated near Beatty  Oct 6, 2007
Herald and News:  Kla-Mo-Ya casino to expand  Oct 6, 2007 Pioneer Press:  Preserving a Culture - "During the days of termination, the language was literally run out of us."  Nov 14, 2007
Oregonian:  'First Oregonians' shares Native peoples' losses, recovery  Nov 25, 2007 Klamath Tribes Press Release:  Klamath Tribes Work with Neighbors to Solve Water Crisis  Jan 15, 2008
Oregonian:  Tribal land plan clouds dam deal  Jan 20, 2008 Herald and News: Tribes see future with pact - Leaders say water agreement could bring stability  Jan 20, 2008
Herald and News:  About the Mazama Tree Farm  Jan 20, 2008 Herald and News:  Reaching out to off-Project irrigators  Jan 20, 2008
Herald and News:  Tribes want to see agriculture flourish  Jan 20, 2008 Herald and News:  Deal may ease conflicts - Proposed water may settlement ease could help with adjudication   Jan 23, 2008
Herald and News:  Tribes to vote on water plan  Jan 30, 2008 Herald and News:  Tribes back water deal  Feb 5, 2008
Herald and News Commentary:  Time to find common ground in the Basin by Joe Kirk  Feb 8, 2008 Frank Wallace:  Letter opposing the KBRA giving Mazama Tree Farm to the Klamath Tribes  Feb 11, 2008
Herald and News:  Four tribes sharing the river  Feb 15, 2008 Klamath Tribes Press Release:  Klamath Tribes Announce Approval of Historic Agreement  Feb 4, 2008
Klamath Tribes Press Release:  Klamath Tribes Respond to Commissioners' Recommendation  Feb 15, 2008 Herald and News:  Tribes get active about water  Feb 19, 2008
Felice Pace:  Native American water rights on the line - It's not just happening here!  Feb 14, 2008 USAToday:  Indian tribes exercising water rights  Feb 25, 2008
Herald and News:  Joe Kirk: Restoring a tribal land base  Mar 14, 2008 Herald and News Full Page Ad:  An Open Letter to the Klamath Community from the Klamath Tribes Regarding Settlement of Off-Project Water Issues  Mar 16, 2008
Herald and News:  Tribes: No more water talks - Klamath Tribes will not negotiate with groups on water agreement  Mar 18, 2008   Herald and News:  Questions & Answers - About the Tribes  April 4, 2008
Herald and News Editorial:  Tribes should be part of county’s water meeting  April 9, 2008 Herald and News:  County-sponsored talks fall through  April 10, 2008
Pioneer Press Letter:  Tax dollars are used to fund our destruction  April 23, 2008 Herald and News Letter:  Federal subsidies a sign of socialism  April 28, 2008
Solicitor of the Dept of the Interior:  Opinion:   Water Rights of Non-Indian Purchasers of Klamath Indian Reservation Lands  Mar 14, 1958 New Solicitor of the Dept of the Interior:  Designation of Klamath Marsh As Required By Act of Aug. 23, 1958   Sept 9, 1958  New
Solicitor of the Dept of the Interior:  Scope of Secretarial Designation of the Klamath Marsh  Oct 28, 1958   New Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor:  Indian Case Law of Interest to the Klamath River system 
Marcia Armstrong, Siskiyou County Supervisor:  Klamath River Indian Matters  Herald and News:  State considers tree farm exchange  June 17, 2008
Herald and News:  Impact of tree farm swap not known  June 23, 2008 Willamette Week:  The Klamath Tribe and golf course owners seek a windfall from a loophole  June 25, 2008
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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