- Latgawa
Latgawa were a Native American people that lived in the Rogue Valley of interior southwest
Oregon . In their own language "Latgawa" means "those living in the uplands," though they were also known as the Walumskni by the neighboringKlamath tribe. Together with theTakelma tribe, the Latgawa spokeTakelma language , a language isolate.History
The Latgawa were located in the upper
Rogue River valley eastward to the formerTable Rock Indian Reservation and Bear Creek and in the neighborhood ofJacksonville, Oregon . Together with other tribes along the Rogue River, they were grouped as the Rogue River Tribe, but after theRogue River Wars in1856 , bands of the Rogue River were split between theConfederated Tribes of Siletz and theConfederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon , relocating to either theSiletz Indian Reservation north of the tribe's traditional lands or to theGrand Ronde Indian Reservation . Some of the tribal members were never captured and were forced to wander.In the era of the Rogue Indian Wars, Rogue Valley Indians were killed or captured, while many of the Latgawa escaped and survived with the help of Tribes such as the
Klamath ,Blackfoot ,Nez Percé andSuquamish , and fromChief Seattle and others. Wandering as far away as Colorado, up into Canada, and returning to their aboriginal lands in Southern Oregon and Northern California.Fact|date=October 2008Today
There is group currently not recognized by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs as a tribe, known as The Latgawa Native American Indian Tribe. The Latgawa Native American Indian Tribe, they claim, was never captured or terminated, and has full jurisdiction of historical Latgawa tribe's people, lands and in their relationship with the Federal Government as a "Domestic Sovereign" Indian Nation. This group works as the [http://latgawa.mind.net/ConfTribes501c3.htm "Original Land Stewards"] in conservation and environmental areas in the lands set forth in the [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/KAPPLER/Vol2/treaties/rog0654.htm Rogue Valley Indians Treaties of 1853 and 1854] .ee also
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Dead Indian Soda Springs External links
* [http://latgawa.mind.net Website] of the Latgawa Native American Indian Tribe, an unrecognized tribe
* [http://www.hiddenhistory.com/PAGE3/swsts/oregon1.HTM Digital extracts] of John Swanton's "The Indian Tribes of North America"
* [http://www.oregonpioneers.com/tribe.htm Northwest Indians]
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