Coquille (tribe)

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The Coquille are a Native American tribe centered in southwest Oregon in the United States, where the Coos River flows into Coos Bay. In 1856, they were forcibly moved onto Siletz Indian Reservation and Grand Ronde Indian Reservation lands. In 1954, the U.S. federal government terminated its recognition of the tribe, but in 1989 the tribe regained its federal recognition.

The Coquille groups included the Upper Coquille (Mishikwutinetunne), Kwatami, Shasta Costa, Dakubetede (Applegate), and Tututni. Tututni subtribes include the Yukichetunne, Tututni, Mikonotunne, Chemetunne, Chetleshin, Kwaishtunnetunne, and Taltushtuntede (Galice).

The Coquille language is an extinct Athabaskan language classified as part of the Tolowa-Galice branch of the Oregon Coast indigenous languages. The lifestyle of the Coquille, like many Northwest Coast tribes, involved fishing and collecting of shellfish.

The Coquille nation has a cranberry growing operation in North Bend, Oregon.

External links

• [Coquille Tribe homepage]
• [Coquille Cranberries website]

 

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