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Various Spellings: Shasta, Chasta

Tribal Headquarters

Shasta Indian Nation
P.O. Box 195
Macdoel, CA 96058
Phone: 530-244-2742
Website

History

Brief Timeline

1820-1830: fur trappers encounter the tribe

1850-1857: Tribe involved in the Rogue River Indian Wars

1851: treaty signed by thirteen chiefs and Commissioner Redick McKee

1853: Rouge River Treaty established a reservation in Oregon

1854:Chasta Costa Treaty; California Shasta lost their land

1856: Removeal to Grande Ronde reservation and Siletz reservation both in Oregon

1864: Klamath Treaty; Shasta of California lost their land and were moved to Klamath River Reservation

1887: General Allotment Act

1939: some of tribe move to Quartz Valley Reservation

1984: Shasta Nation applies for federal recognition

Additional References to the History of the Tribe

Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Shasta tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Reservations

Grande Ronde Reservation

Quartz Valley Reservation

Siletz Reservation

Records

Correspondence and Census

Tribe

Agency

Location of Original Records

Pre-1880 Correspondence M 234 RG 75 Rolls

Roll Number

FS Library

Film

Number

Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls

Roll Number

FS Library

Film

Number

Shasta

Roseburg Agency, 1912-18

San Francisco

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446

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Treaty

1854 November 18, with Quilsieton and Nanelton bands

Important Websites

Official Website of the Shasta Indian Nation

Wikipedia article on the Shasta (Chasta) Indians