List of Indian reservations in Oregon

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This is a list of Indian reservations in the U.S. state of Oregon .

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Existing reservations

There are seven Native American reservations in Oregon that belong to seven of the nine federally recognized Oregon tribes:

Planned reservations

Celilo Village

Celilo Village is not a reservation but is owned by the United States and held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the use of the Umatilla, Tenino (Warm Springs) and Yakama tribes and Columbia River Indians. [3]

Fort McDermitt, Nevada-Oregon

One reservation in Oregon, for a Nevada tribe, straddles Oregon's southern border with Nevada: [4]

Historic reservations

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tribal policing in Oregon</span>

Out of the nine major reservations in Oregon, six of them have Tribal Police organizations. These six forces are the Burns Paiute Tribal Police Department, the Coquille Indian Tribal Police Department, the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement Department, the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde Tribal Police, the Umatilla Tribal Police Department, and the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department. These units are restricted to working only on designated reservation property, and are often limited in number and available resources. Membership in Oregon tribal police forces ranges from 4 to 25 individuals, and currently, all registered tribal policemen in Oregon are men. Most members work as full time policemen, but most reservation police forces also employ civilians who work other jobs, but can be called in under emergency circumstances. The number of civilian reserve members ranges from 0 in the Coquille Indian Tribal Police Department, to 6 in the Umatilla Tribal Police Department.

References

  1. Official website of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
  2. 1 2 "Indian Tribes in Oregon - Oregon Blue Book".
  3. "96 Enduring Village, Cory Eldridge, The Dalles Chronicle".
  4. Map of Nevada Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine in PDF format, from the National Atlas of the United States