Umpqua tribes

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The Umpqua tribes are Indigenous peoples of southwestern Oregon whose descendants are now part of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community, with a cultural heritage rooted in the Umpqua River region.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lower Umpqua people 9
Umpqua peoples 3
Umpqua tribes canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American tribe
affectedBy United States westward expansion in the 19th century
treaty-era removals in Oregon
continent North America
country United States
culturalHeritageRegion Umpqua River region
linked to: Umpqua Valley
culture Umpqua culture
ethnicGroupOf Umpqua River region
governedTodayBy Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (for many descendants)
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (for some descendants)
hasCulturalHeritage oral traditions tied to the Umpqua River
hasCulturalPractice seasonal movement within the Umpqua River basin
use of riverine resources for subsistence
hasDescendantCommunity Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
hasModernIssue cultural preservation
language revitalization
protection of ancestral lands and sites
hasNameOrigin named after the Umpqua River
hasPart Cow Creek Umpqua
Lower Umpqua
Southern Molalla (historically associated)
linked to: Molalla

Upper Umpqua
historicalPopulationCenter Umpqua River
languageFamily Penutian languages
locatedIn Pacific Northwest
southwestern Oregon
partOf Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Indigenous peoples of Oregon
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest
practiced fishing on the Umpqua River
hunting and gathering in southwestern Oregon
riverine and coastal resource use
recognizedBy United States federal government (through successor tribes)
region Grand Ronde, Oregon (through Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde)
linked to: Grand Ronde, Oregon
religion Indigenous spiritual traditions of the Umpqua
relocatedTo Grand Ronde Reservation (many members)
traditionalTerritory Cascade Range foothills in southwestern Oregon
Oregon Coast Range areas near the Umpqua River
Umpqua River basin
linked to: Umpqua River

Umpqua Valley

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coos tribe relatedEthnicGroup Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Siletz Reservation homeTo Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Upper Umpqua language spokenBy Upper Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Upper Umpqua language ethnicity Upper Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Siuslaw ethnicity Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Siuslaw people relatedEthnicGroup Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Lower Umpqua hasEthnonym Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Lower Umpqua hasEthnonym Lower Umpqua Indians
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Miluk Coos hasNeighboringGroup Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians represents Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Coquille people relatedEthnicGroup Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Molalla people neighboringGroup Umpqua peoples
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Coquille Indian Tribe relatedEthnicGroup Lower Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
South Umpqua River namedAfter Umpqua people
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Kalapuya neighboringGroup Umpqua peoples
linked to: Umpqua tribes
Willamette Valley–Umpqua region hasIndigenousInhabitants Umpqua peoples
linked to: Umpqua tribes