Molalla

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The Molalla are a Native American people indigenous to western Oregon, historically inhabiting the Cascade Range and surrounding areas and now represented in part within the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Molalla canonical 5
Molala 4
Southern Molalla (historically associated) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
affectedBy European colonization of North America
Forced removal policies in the United States
continent North America
country United States
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasCulturalRegion Northwest Coast–Plateau transition zone
Northwest Plateau
linked to: Columbia Plateau
hasEthnonym Molala
linked to: Molalla
hasLanguage Molala language
hasVariantName Molale
Molalla Indians
linked to: Molalla people
historicallyInhabited Cascade Range
Clackamas River region
linked to: Clackamas River

Santiam River region
Willamette Valley region
linked to: Willamette Valley
indigenousTo Oregon
Western Oregon
linked to: western Oregon
laterAffiliation Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Oregon
neighboringPeople Clackamas
Kalapuya
Klamath
Tenino
linked to: Tenino, Washington
partiallyRepresentedBy Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
partOf Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
presentIn Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
linked to: Grand Ronde, Oregon

Siletz Reservation
religion Traditional Native American religion
traditionalEconomy Seasonal migration between valley and mountain areas
traditionalHousing Plank houses
Semi-subterranean lodges
traditionalLanguageFamily Plateau Penutian languages
linked to: Plateau Penutian
traditionalRegion Clackamas River watershed
linked to: Clackamas River

Santiam River watershed
linked to: Santiam River

Umpqua watershed (northern)
linked to: Umpqua River

Upper Willamette Valley
linked to: Willamette Valley

Western slopes of the Cascade Range
linked to: Western Cascades
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
usesResource Berries
Camas bulbs
Deer
Salmon

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Oregon Penutian hasLanguage Molala
linked to: Molalla
Plateau Penutian includesLanguage Molala
linked to: Molalla
Umpqua tribes hasPart Southern Molalla (historically associated)
linked to: Molalla
Molalla people ethnonymVariant Molala
linked to: Molalla
Molalla hasEthnonym Molala
linked to: Molalla