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When Coquille Indian people travel southwestern Oregon’s coastline and interior, we trace the footsteps of generations too numerous to count. Our ancestors were here when Rome rose and fell. They were here when Stonehenge and the pyramids were built, and when the last mammoths and saber-toothed cats walked the earth.
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The Coquille are one of several Native peoples who inhabited southwestern Oregon before European trappers arrived. The Coquille’s ancestors enjoyed a bountiful lifestyle shaped by a generous environment. The ebbing tide revealed a banquet of shellfish and other riches.
Eddie Ned, a Coquille student, is pictured in a government school uniform in the early 1900s. Long before white Americans settled the Coquille Tribe’s homelands, European diseases ravaged the Native population.
Archaeological evidence and oral histories pinpoint many of the places where our ancestors lived, places where they harvested food and materials, and places they held sacred. Our ancestors commonly constructed their permanent villages along the tidewaters and lower reaches of streams and rivers.
A description of the history and symbols of the Coquille Indian Tribe, on the southern Oregon Coast. Reprinted from: Healy, Donald T, and Peter J. Orenski. Native American Flags.
22 Νοε 2021 · We honor the heritage and culture of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Siuslaw and Lower Umpqua Indians, and in this post, we spotlight the Coquille Indian Tribe (pronounced “ko-kwel”), their past, present and the many contributions they have made to this region throughout history.
The Coquille Indian Tribe (/ ˈ k oʊ k w ɛ l / KOH-kwel) is the federally recognized Native American tribe of the Coquille people who have traditionally lived on the southern Oregon Coast.
