FDI - Molala

The Molala were a semi-sedentary hunter/gatherer tribe. They were located in Oregon, with their range to the head of the Wallawalla, Umatilla, and Grande Ronde Rivers. The Molala separated from the Cayuse after 1780 and most settled on the Grand Ronde Reservation in 1857 and 1877. An estimated 20 of the tribe absorbed into southern Oregon tribes.

Year	*History*
1780	Molala with Cayuse, soon fissioned
1811	David Thompson explored the length of the Columbia River
1838	Mission established by Marcus Whitman near present Whitman
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers began, conflicts followed
1853	Smallpox epidemic
1855	Southern Molala agreed to join other tribes by treaty
1857	Grand Ronde Reservation established
1877	Gatschet found several Molala families living at Grand Ronde Reservation and 20 others living west of Klamath Lake

Molala Sites:

Cayuse http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/cayuse.html

Cayuse and Lewis and Clack http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_061_13_20.html

Cayuse and Other ... http://www.nps.gov/whmi/newsite/cayuse.htm

Cayuse History http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/chistory.html

Cayuse Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/waiilatpuan/cayuseindianhist.htm

Cayuse Indian Pony http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/horses/cayuseindian/

Cayuse Indian Pony http://www.terrific-horses.com/breeds/cayuse-indian-pony.asp

Cayuse Warriors http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cmh18294/caywar.html

Chief Umapine http://www.omnifineart.com/prod/index.asp?fuseaction=viewdetail&sku=10111

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation http://www.umatilla.nsn.us/history.html

Fourteen Die in Whitman Massacre ... http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5192

Historic Cayuse Photos http://www.nps.gov/whmi/history/moor.htm

Indians of Eastern Oregon http://www.nps.gov/joda/lee/lee1-1.htm

Kamiakin and the Yakima Indian War of 1855 http://members.aol.com/Gibson0817/ywar.htm

Klamath Indian Trail http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/oregontrails/klamath.html

Linn County Sheriff's History http://www.co.linn.or.us/Sheriff/Home/LCSOhome1.history.SheriffBio.wheeler.htm

Molala Basket http://www.molalla.net/~city/page27.html

Molala History http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/oregon/mhistory.html

Molala Indian History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/waiilatpuan/molalahist.htm

Molalla History http://www.molalla.net/~city/page4.html

Molalla People of Clackamas County http://www.usgennet.org/alhnorus/ahorclak/molallas.html

Northeastern Oregon Natives ... http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/natam_or/northeast.html

Northwest Plateau Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/northwest_plateau_culture.htm

Oregon Trail http://linnhistory.peak.org/1853/1853immore.html

Tamastslikt Cultural Institute http://www.tamastslikt.com/press.asp?id=38

Treaty with Molala http://www.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/Treaties/12_Stat_0981_Molala.htm

Willamette Falls http://www.midtermpapers.com/10353.htm

Wright, Harrison, emigrant 1844 http://www.co.linn.or.us/Sheriff/Home/LCSOhome1.history.SheriffBio.wheeler.htm

Young-chief Bronze http://americanart.si.edu/t2go/1lw/index-noframe.html?/t2go/1lw/1985.76.5.html

Your Indian Hosts http://www.happycanyon.com/hosts.htm

*Ethnie:*	MOLALA
*Language:*	Molala
*Family:*	Molala
*Stock:*	Molala
*Phylum:*	Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern Plateau

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	0	NAHDB calculation (Among Cayuse)
1780	500	Mooney
1800	500	NAHDB calculation
1849	100	Swanton
1900	0	NAHDB calculation (Had joined Grand Ronde)
2000	0	NAHDB calculation