![]() The six tribes of the Klamaths lived along the Klamath Marsh, on the banks of Agency Lake, around Klamath Lake, near the mouth of the Lower Williamson River, on Pelican Bay, beside the Link River, and in the uplands of the Sprague River Valley. State(s) Today: Southern Oregon and Northern California. ![]() The Achomawi, a band of the Pit River tribe, called them Lutuami, meaning “Lake Dwellers.” ![]() The Klamath were also called ?ewksiknii, meaning “people of the Lake.”Īlternate names / Alternate spellings / Mispellings:įormerly the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon. Modok, Yahooskin Band of Snake, Yuhooskin, Yahuskin, Klamaths Box 436, 501 Chiloquin Blvd., Chiloquin, OR 97624 Phone: (800) 524-9787 or (541) 783-2219 Fax: (541) 783-2029 Email: īoth the Klamath and Modoc called themselves maklaks, meaning “people.” To distinguish between the tribes, the Modoc called themselves Moatokni maklaks, from muat meaning “South,” or moowatdal’knii, meaning “people of the south.” They all lived in the Klamath Basin of Oregon.Īddress: P.O. The Klamath Tribes include Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin, another band of Klamath erroneously believed to be a group of Paiute or Shoshone because they were designated the Yahooskin Band of Snake in the 1864 treaty.
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