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Post by blackcrowheart on Oct 14, 2005 9:17:47 GMT -5
A 640,000-acre reservation in north central Oregon is home to a confederation of three tribes: the Warm Springs, Wasco and Paiute tribes. The Warm Springs tribe is made up of the Upper Deschutes (Tygh), Lower Deschutes (Wyam), Tenino, and John Day (Dock-spus) bands. The Wasco tribe is made up of The Dalles (Ki-gal-twal-la) and Dog River bands. Several Paiute bands from southeastern Oregon were removed to the Warm Springs Reservation in 1869. In 1855 the Warm Springs and Wasco tribes treated with United States in the Treaty with the Middle Oregon Tribes of Oregon. In the treaty, 10 million acres of aboriginal lands were ceded to the United States. Today, the enrolled membership of all three tribes totals nearly 3,000. Most members reside on the reservation. ( www.critfc.org/text/warmsprings.html ).
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