Land area
Land of the Indians on coast of Oregon in Oregon, ceded 1894 (area 479)
- 1855
Set aside as a reservation
The 1899 record: “President sets apart a reserve known as Coast reservation (which afterwards, on being reduced, was called Siletz reservation)”
- 1865
Partly ceded to the United States
The 1899 record: “President releases part of reserve previously set apart at Siletz by Executive order of Nov. 9, 1855”
- 1894
Ceded to the United States
The 1899 record: “Confirms agreement with these Indians made Oct. 31, 1892, by which they cede to the U. S. all the unallotted lands in the Siletz reservation in Oregon”
In the record
Set aside as the Coast (Siletz) reserve for Indians of the Oregon coast by executive order in 1855, reduced in 1865, and the unallotted rest ceded in an 1892 agreement confirmed in 1894. The area covers about 153 thousand acres in what is now Oregon.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Shapes come from C. C. Royce’s 1899 maps as georeferenced by the US Forest Service. They are approximate and are not legal descriptions of land. Royce recorded land the United States treated as ceded; the shape does not show a nation’s territory.
Who is doing the work
This history belongs to living nations. Start with them:
Working with these nations
- Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Nation government Rocky Shores parcel near Yachats (about 7 acres, purchase pending as of Oct 2026)
- McKenzie River Trust Allied land trust Brokered and fundraised for Rocky Shores parcel near Yachats (about 7 acres, pending as of Oct 2026)
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Indigenous Land Relationship Fund (Oregon Land Justice Project / Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts), allied host Native-led Funds Indigenous-led projects to reclaim and reconnect to land and First Foods in Oregon Give on their site Website
- Na'ah Illahee Fund Native-led Indigenous-led regranting for Land Back (building on E'lip Tilikum Land Conservancy), land and water protection,… Give on their site Website
- Potlatch Fund Native-led Native philanthropy and grantmaking to Native individuals and Native-led organizations Give on their site Website
- Western Rivers Conservancy Allied land trust Buys river land and transfers to tribes (Blue Creek 47,097 acres to Yurok; Adler Ranch 1,199 acres to Esselen) Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
Links marked “suggested” were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Nations named for this land 5, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Located in 1
Sources
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1855-11-09primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1865-12-21primary record
- Royce, Indian Land Cessions (1899), Schedule entry dated 1894-08-15primary record
- Royce’s map sheet: Oregon 1 (Library of Congress)primary record
- USDA Forest Service, Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States (digitized Royce maps)reference work
The record’s fields
- Area number in the 1899 record
- 479
- Dates in the 1899 record
- 1855-11-09; 1865-12-21; 1894-08-15
- Peoples as named in the 1899 record
- Indians on coast of Oregon
- States
- OR
- Counties
- Lincoln
- Map sheets in the 1899 record
- Oregon 1
- Geometry
- Approximate shape from Royce’s 1899 maps
Research notes
geometry_role is 'cession' for every USFS feature: no field in the source distinguishes cessions from reservations.
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