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Alsea Indian Tribe
History
Alsea (corruption of Alsi', the aboriginal name). A
Yankonan tribe formerly occupying a small territory at and about the mouth
of Alsea River, western Oregon. Little is known of the early history
of the tribe of which there are now only a dozen survivors on the Siletz
Reservation, Oregon. According to Dorsey (Jour. Am. Folk-lore, III,
229, 1890) the following are the former Alsea villages:
North of Alsea River
| Kutauwa |
Kyamaisu |
Kaukhwan |
| Kakhtshanwaish |
Khlokhwaiyutslu |
Mekumtk |
| Shiuwauk |
Tachuwit |
Yukhais |
South Side of the river.
| Chiink |
Kwamk |
Thiekuhweyuk |
| Kauhuk |
Kwulisit |
Thlekushauk |
| Khlimkwaish |
Panit |
Yahach |
| Klbusht |
Skhakhwaiyutslu |
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Milhau (in letter to Gibbs) gave
Neahumtuk as an Alsea village at the mouth of Alsea River, which has not
been identified
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Handbook
of American Indians, 1906
Index of Tribes or Nations |
