FDI - Alsea

The Alsea was a coastal sedentary hunter/gatherer language group located along the Alsea River to the Alsea Bay on the Central Oregon coast. They experienced huge population losses from smallpox and ultimately joined with other tribes at Siletz, thus losing their cultural and tribal identity.

Year	*History*
1788	American ship Columbia anchored in offshore waters, noted hostility of Indian
1824	Smallpox epidemic
1829	Smallpox epidemic (combined with earlier epidemic reduced population by 80%)
1841	Beginning of the arrival of Oregon Trail settlers, conflicts followed
1875	Removed to Siletz Reservation
1956	Siletz Reservation terminated
1977	Confederated Tribes of Siletz founded

Alsea Sites:

Alsea http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/alsea.html

Alsea and Lewis and Clark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_090_14_8.html

Alsea and Lewis and Clark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_081_14.html

Alsea Bay and River History http://www.portofalsea.com/Port_Information/History/history.html

Alsea Creation Stories http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/NAANTH/ALCREAT.HTM

Alsea Fishing Skills ... http://www.orww.org/Reports/S/007J/0912/Kingfisher/Clothing_and_adornement.htm

Alsea History http://www.manataka.org/page666.html

Alsea Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/yankton/alseaindianhist.htm

Alsea Indian Subagency http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/d159.htm

Alsea Indian Women Dress ... http://www.orww.org/Reports/S/007J/0912/Kingfisher/Clothing_and_adornement.htm

Alsea Language http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~gene/alsea.html

Alsea Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=AES

Alsea Language http://www.native-languages.org/alsea.htm

Alsea Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=AES

Confederated Tribes of Siletz http://www.ohwy.com/or/s/siltribe.htm

Congressional Act Moving Alsea to Siletz http://www.ohwy.com/or/s/siltribe.htm

Coos and Alsea Material http://www.pnsn.org/HIST_CAT/STORIES/DRAFT2/coos.html

Index to Siletz Reservation Documents http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/dindex.htm

Indians of the Coast http://boyett.tripod.com/siletz.html

Northwest: Oregon Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_california-oregon_culture.htm

Siletz Burials http://users.wi.net/~census/lesson14.html

Stealing from the Indians http://www.racismagainstindians.org/Perspectives/Essays/StealingFromIndians.htm

Yachats "Believe it or Not" http://www.landmark-yachats.com/yahats_facts.html

*Ethnie:*	ALSEA
*Language:*	Alsea-Yakonan
*Family:*	Coast Oregon Penutian
*Stock:*	Oregon Penutian
*Phylum:*	Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	1,400	NAHDB calculation
1800	1,400	NAHDB calculation
	118	ARCIA
1900	50	NAHDB calculation
	29	Census
2000	0	NAHDB calculation