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Kalapuyan Tribes |
| Ethnie: | KALAPUYAN TRIBES |
| Language: | Kalapuyan |
| Family: | Kalapuyan |
| Stock: | Kalapuyan |
| Phylum: | Macro-Penutian |
| Macro-Culture: | Northwestern |
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| The Kalapuyan Tribes were semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer tribes who lived in the valley of the Willamette River and its tributaries. Their population declined rapidly with the arrival of Whites though they had long time been victims of slaving raids from the Columbia River tribes. |
| Tribes (Villages) |
| Ahantchuyuk (?), Aflati (24), Chelamela (?), Chepenafa (?), Kalapuya (5 bands), Luckiamute (6 bands), Santiam (4 bands), Yamhill (6 bands), Yoncalla (2 bands?) |
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| Year | History |
| 1792 | Arrival of first Whites |
| 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 | Removed to Grand Ronde Reservation |
| Year | U.S. Population | Source |
| 1700 | 3,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1780 | 3,000 | Mooney estimate |
| 1800 | 3,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1880 | 351 | Swanton (Kalapuya at Grand Ronde) |
| 1900 | 0 | NAHDB calculation (Had confederated into other Grand Ronde) |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| None |
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