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Siletz

*Ethnie:*	SILETZ
*Language:*	Tillamook
*Family:*	Tillamook
*Stock:*	Tillamook
*Phylum:*	Salishan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest

Speakers

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The Siletz were a small sedentary tribe that lived along the Siletz River and were the southernmost Salish speaking people. They lost their tribal identity upon the establishment of the Siletz Reservation in 1856 upon which more than 20 other tribes were placed.

Aboriginal Locations

OR One village

Oregon Present Locations

Extinct if they ever existed

Year	*History*
1855	Rogue River Wars
1856	Siletz Reservation established

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	100	NAHDB calculation
1800	100	NAHDB calculation
1900	0	NAHDB calculation (Not separately enumerated after 1856)
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Other speakers of the same language:

Bannock, Northern Paiute

Siletz Sites:

Acting on a Vision http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues03/Co09062003/CO_09062003_Vision.htm

Brief Interpretive History ... http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/subject.htm

Chinook Winds Casino http://ctsi.nsn.us/

Cloud, Henry Roe http://www.nsea.org/news/RoeCloudProfile.htm

Coastal Oregon Tribes http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/natam_or/coastal.html

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Burials http://users.wi.net/~maracon/lesson14.html

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians http://www.npaihb.org/profiles/tribal_profiles/Oregon/Confederated%20Tribes%20of%20Siletz%20Indians%20Tribal%20Profile.htm

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ... http://www.ohs.org/education/focus_on_oregon_history/RLO-Document-Siletz-Reservation-Map-1900.cfm

Map of the Siletz Indian Reservation http://www.ohs.org/education/focus_on_oregon_history/RLO-Document-Siletz-Reservation-Map-1900.cfm

Native American Authors http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t95

Siletz and Alsea http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cmh18294/Siletz.html

Siletz Basket http://www.bonniekahngallery.com/merchant.ihtml?pid=99&step=4

Siletz Indian Tribe Restoration http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/25/chapters/14/subchapters/xxx-a/toc.html

Siletz Tribal Smoke House http://www.oregonsmokedfoods.com/STS.htm

Siletz Tribe http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1538.html

Tillamook Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=TIL

Tillamook Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=TIL

Tututni/Siletz Story, A http://www.ohs.org/education/focus_on_oregon_history/RLO-Document-Siletz-Reservation-Map-1900.cfm

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