Siuslaw people

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The Siuslaw people are an Indigenous group of the Pacific Northwest Coast of the United States, traditionally living along the central Oregon coast and lower Siuslaw River.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Siuslaw people canonical 14
Siuslaw family 1
Siuslaw-speaking peoples 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
tribe ⓘ
colonizingPower United States ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice ceremonial gatherings ⓘ
riverine fishing technologies ⓘ
seasonal salmon runs ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast culture area ⓘ
Plateau–Northwest Coast transition zone ⓘ
currentLanguageSituation Siuslaw language is moribund or extinct ⓘ
currentLanguageUse English ⓘ
ethnographicSubjectOf Northwest Coast ethnography ⓘ
federalRecognitionStatus federally recognized tribe (through the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians) ⓘ
governingBody Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians Tribal Government ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Siuslaw River ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfContact 19th century ⓘ
languageFamily Penutian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Coosan languages ⓘ
locatedInTime pre-contact period to present ⓘ
modernAffiliation Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
primaryFoodSource roots and berries ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
sea mammals ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Coos people ⓘ
linked to: Coos tribe

Lower Umpqua people ⓘ
linked to: Umpqua tribes
religion traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
reservationState Oregon ⓘ
river Siuslaw River ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial cedar wood ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Siuslaw language ⓘ
traditionalTerritory central Oregon coast ⓘ
lower Siuslaw River ⓘ
linked to: Siuslaw River
traditionalWatercraft dugout canoes ⓘ
treatyInvolvement various 19th-century treaties with the United States government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siuslaw language → spokenBy → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Coos tribe → relatedEthnicGroup → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Coos tribe → neighboringGroup → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Siuslaw River → namedAfter → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Siletz Reservation → homeTo → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Alsea people → relatedEthnicGroup → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Siuslaw → spokenBy → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Siuslaw → languageFamily → Siuslaw family ⓘ
linked to: Siuslaw people
Siuslaw → ethnicity → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Lower Umpqua → partOf → Siuslaw-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Siuslaw people
Miluk Coos → hasNeighboringGroup → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Coquille people → relatedEthnicGroup → Siuslaw people ⓘ
Leo J. Frachtenberg → ethnicGroupStudied → Siuslaw people ⓘ