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| The '''Kalapuyan''' (also spelled '''Calapooya''' or '''Calapooia''') are a ] ] that once inhabited the area present-day western ] in the ]. The Kalapuyans comprised eight related groups speaking three different languages of the ] family. |
The '''Kalapuyan''' (also spelled '''Calapooya''' or '''Calapooia''') are a ] ] that once inhabited the area present-day western ] in the ]. The Kalapuyans comprised eight related groups speaking three different languages of the ] family. Their territorty comprised the ], as well as the valley of the ] in ]. | ||
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The Kalapuyan (also spelled Calapooya or Calapooia) are a Native American ethnic group that once inhabited the area present-day western Oregon in the United States. The Kalapuyans comprised eight related groups speaking three different languages of the Oregon Penutian family. Their territorty comprised the Willamette Valley, as well as the valley of the Umpqua River in Douglas County.
The Kalapuyan groups were:
- Tualatin, who lived along the Tualatin River
- Yamhill, who lived along the Yamhill River
- Pudding River (Ahantchuyuk), who lived along the Pudding River
- Luckiamute, who lived along the Luckiamute River
- Santiam, who lived along the lower Santiam River near present-day Lebanon
- Mary's River (Chepenefa), who lived along the Mary's River near present-day Corvallis
- Muddy Creek (Chemapho), who lived along Muddy Creek
- Tsankupi, who lived along the Calapooia River
- Mohawk, who lived along the Mohawk River
- Chafan
- Long Tom (Chelamela), who lived along the Long Tom River
- Winefelly, who lived along the Mohawk, McKenzie, and Coast Fork Willamette rivers.
- Yoncalla, who lived along the Umpqua River.
In 1854 they ceded many of their lands to the United States under the Kalapuya Treaty in exchange primarily for money. The Calapooia River is named for the tribe.