The Tututni tribe is a historic Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon who signed the 1855 Coast Treaty, and were removed to the Siletz Indian Reservation in Oregon. They traditionally lived along the Rogue River and its tributaries, near the Pacific Coast between the Coquille River on the north and Chetco River in the south.

Lower Rogue River Athabascan (also called Tututni) tribes are a group of Athabascan tribes (the Tututni, Upper Coquille and Shasta Costa) who were historically located in southwestern Oregon in the United States and speak the same Athabascan language, known as Lower Rogue River (or Tututni, or Tututni-Shasta Costa-Coquille).

Rogue River Athabascans vs. Rogue River Indians

In its narrower sense, the term "Rogue River" refers to the Rogue River Athabascan tribes who speak two closely related languages: Lower Rogue River (also known as Tututni) and Upper Rogue River (also known as Galice-Applegate).

In its broader sense, "Rogue River" as a term refers to Rogue River Indians, a conglomeration of many tribal groups in the total Rogue River Valley area. They belong to three language families: Athabaskan, Takelma, and Shastan.

Lower Rogue River Athabascan groups

The Tututni (or Lower Rogue River Athabascan) tribes included the following:

  • Upper Coquille (Coquille, Mishikwutinetunne) tribe,
  • Shasta Costa tribe, and
  • Tututni tribe, including Euchre Creek (Yukichetunne) band.

::Bands of Tututni tribe include

  • the Kwatami,
  • Tututunne,
  • Mikonotunne,
  • Chemetunne,
  • Chetleshin,
  • Kwaishtunnetunne,
  • Yukichetunne, and
  • Naltunnetunne.

Tututni tribe

"There were as many as seven Tututni groups, who were culturally related and had kinship ties. They did not, however, constitute a typical tribe because the usual sociopolitical organization, involving chiefs and governmental authority, was lacking". Dialects were Coquille In the spring of 1792, some Tututni met British explorer Captain George Vancouver.

The several tribes at each of these reservations have intermarried and their descendants are counted as enrolled members of the consolidated tribes.

The Tututni Tribe is not a federally acknowledged tribe, but the Confederated Tribes of Siletz is a recognized tribe.

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References

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  • Handbook of North American Indians: Northwest Coast