Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop Indians, Alive in 1906
Post-office address of the Lower Chinook, Kathlamet, Tillamook, and Clatsop Indians (and their heirs) who made treaties with the United States in August 1851.
Tillamook
Tillamook Tribe
Tillamook Indians (Chinook; ‘people of Nekelim,’ or Nehalem. Boas). A large and prominent Salish tribe on Tillamook Bay and the rivers flowing into in, in north west Oregon. According to Boas the culture of the Tillamook seems to have differed considerably form that of the north coast Salish, and has evidently been influenced by the culture of the tribes of North California. According to Lewis and Clark they occupied 8 villages of which these explorers name 5; Chishuck, Chucktin, Kilerhurst, Kilherner and Towerquotton. The same authorities place the Tillamook population at 2,200. In the reports of the Wilkes Exploring Expedition … Read more
Siletz Reservation
Siletz Indian Agency and Reservation, Oregon