State
Oregon
In the record
Royce’s schedule records 28 cessions that lie at least partly in Oregon, from 1853 to 1894, under 11 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Shoshone (Shoshoni), Umatilla, Umpqua, Cayuse, Confederated Tribes of Middle Oregon and 8 more.
The atlas records 4 broken treaty promises here, including Siletz and Western Oregon: Coast Reservation reduced, tribes terminated (1954), restored (1977), Termination policy: House Concurrent Resolution 108 (1953) and Public Law 280 and Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin: the 1864 treaty and termination (1954-1961). Land has come back here: Siletz Rocky Shores parcel near Yachats.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources.
Everything here is linked at state level only. The atlas does not look up addresses or parcels, and a cession touching a state does not tell you whose land a particular place is.
Who is doing the work
Land return and Native-led work nearby
- Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Nation government Rocky Shores parcel near Yachats (about 7 acres, purchase pending as of Oct 2026)
- 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
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.
Contains 33
- Land of the Rogue River Indians in California and Oregon, ceded 1853 (area 312)1853
- Land of the Umpqua (Cow Creek band) in Oregon, ceded 1853 (area 313)1853
- Land of the Calapooia and Umpqua in Oregon, ceded 1854 (area 344)1854
- Land of the Chasta, Grave Creek and others in Oregon, ceded 1854 (area 343)1854
- Land of the Calapooia and Confederated Bands of Willamette valley in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 352)1855
- Land of the Cayuse, Umatilla and others in Oregon and Washington, ceded 1855 (area 362)1855
- Land of the Coast tribes of Oregon in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 397)1855
- Land of the Confederated Tribes of middle Oregon in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 369)1855
- Land of the Indians on coast of Oregon in Oregon, ceded 1894 (area 479)1855
- Land of the Indians on the Oregon Coast in Oregon, ceded 1875 (area 578)1855
- Land of the Indians on the Oregon Coast in Oregon, ceded 1875 (area 579)1855
- Land of the Molalla in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 401)1855
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- Land of the Nez Percé in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, ceded 1863 (area 441)1855
- Reservation of the Cayuse, Umatilla and others in Oregon (area 363)1855
- Reservation of the Confederated Tribes of middle Oregon in Oregon (area 370)1855
- Reservation of the Confederated Bands of Willamette valley in Oregon (area 407)1857
- Nez Perce: the 1855 reservation, the 1863 'thief treaty,' and 18771863suggested
- Reservation of the Shoshoni (Western bands) in several states (area 444)1863
- Land of the Klamath, Modok and others in California and Oregon, ceded 1864 (area 462)1864
- Reservation of the Klamath, Modok and others in Oregon (area 463)1864
- Land of the Snake Indians, Woll-pah-pe tribe in Oregon, ceded 1865 (area 474)1865
- Siletz and Western Oregon: Coast Reservation reduced, tribes terminated (1954), restored (1977)1865suggested
- Land of the Paiute, Shoshoni and others in Oregon, ceded 1872 (area 537)1871
- Land of the Paiute, Shoshone and others in Oregon, ceded 1882 (area 638)1872
- Land of the Paiute, Shoshone and others in Oregon, ceded 1883 (area 646)1872
- Land of the Nez Percé in Oregon and Washington, ceded 1875 (area 545)1873
- Land of the Paiute and Shoshoni in Oregon, ceded 1876 (area 589)1875
- Land of the Malheur Indian Reservation, Shoshone and others in Oregon, ceded 1889 (area 647)1883
- Land of the Umatilla in Oregon, ceded 1888 (area 697)1888
- Reservation of the Umatilla in Oregon (area 696)1888
- Termination policy: House Concurrent Resolution 108 (1953) and Public Law 2801953suggested
- Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin: the 1864 treaty and termination (1954-1961)1954suggested
- Siletz Rocky Shores parcel near Yachats2026suggested
Organizations working here 7
- Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indianssuggested
- Indigenous Land Relationship Fund (Oregon Land Justice Project / Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts), allied hostsuggested
- McKenzie River Trustsuggested
- Na'ah Illahee Fundsuggested
- Nvn-nes-'a Land Trustsuggested
- Potlatch Fundsuggested
- Western Rivers Conservancysuggested
Sources
No source is linked to this record yet. That is a gap we are working to close.
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