The Clackamas Indians were a tribe of American Indians of the American state of Oregon. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
They were part of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde of Oregon. The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR consists of twenty-seven Native American tribes with long historical ties to present-day Western
Like others of the Chinook band, they practiced head flattening. Head flattening, also called head binding, head shaping or head moulding, is the application of pressure or bindingsto cranial bones (the Human skull From infancy the head was compressed between boards, thus sloping the forehead backward.
By 1855, the 88 surviving members of the tribe were relocated to Grand Ronde, Oregon, first to a reservation, later they blended in the general population. Grand Ronde is a Census-designated place (CDP in Polk County, Oregon, United States.
Of note, they are the technical owners of the Willamette Meteorite. The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette, is an Iron-nickel meteorite discovered in the U
External links and references
- On the Clackamas people
- more on the Clackamas people
- National Geographic on the Clackamas Indians
- On the Willamette Meteorite
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