FDI - Coos

The Coosan peoples were sedentary coastal hunter/gatherer tribes located at Coos River and Bay in south coastal Oregon. They confederated with the Suislaw and Lower Umpqua after the Rogue River Wars. They were not involved in the war themselves.

Aboriginal Locations (Villages)

OR Hanis (2), Miluk (2)

Year	*History*
1792	Visited by the American ship Columbia, traded, native described as numerous and savage
1805	Visited by Lewis and Clark
1824	Smallpox epidemic
1829	Smallpox epidemic, combined 80% population loss
1830	Malaria epidemic
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1850	Influx of prospectors and settlers
1855	Coos, Lower Umqua, and Suislaw confederated

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1780	2,000	Mooney estimate
1800	1,500	NAHDB calculation
1806	1,500	Lewis and Clark
1900	0	NAHDB calculation (Had confederated into other tribes)
2000	0	NAHDB calculation

Coos Sites:

Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw Indians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederated_Tribes_of_Coos,_Lower_Umpqua_and_Siuslaw_Indians

Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw Indians http://216.128.13.185/CTCLUSINEW/

Coos http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/coos.html

Coos http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/coos.html

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

Coos Chiefs http://depts.washington.edu/uweek/archives/2001.11.NOV_01/_Photos.html

Coos County Indian Education http://www.harborside.com/~indianed/

Coos Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=COS

Coos Language http://www.native-languages.org/coos.htm

Coos Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=COS

Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw Indians http://www.ohwy.com/or/c/cootribe.htm

Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1541.html

Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org/ccfolder/coos_umpqua_siuslaw_tribalcode_7_1.htm

Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw Restoration Act http://www.theorator.com/bills108/s868.html

Coos Texts http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/coos/ct02.htm

Crow and the Thunberbird http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/coos/ct05.htm

Indian Education Summer Camp http://www.harborside.com/~indianed/camp2003.htm

Indian Settlement on Coos Bay http://www.oregon.gov/DSL/SSNERR/docs/EFS/EFS41indsettlement.pdf

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

Mill Casino http://www.themillcasino.com/

Remembering the Rhinoceros http://www.olaweb.org/quarterly/quar1-2/macnaughtan.shtml

Suislaw http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/siuslaw.html

*Ethnie:*	COOS
*Language:*	Coosan (Dialects: Hanis, Miluk)
*Family:*	Coast Oregon
*Stock:*	Oregon Penutian
*Phylum:*	Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern