The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians teamed up with Lone Rock Timber Management Company to create the sole proposal to buy 82,500 acres of the Elliott State Forest from the state of Oregon.

The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians have lived in Southern Oregon between the Umpqua and Rogue River watersheds since time immemorial. Lindsay Campman, Communications Director for the ...

The following information is from Media Releases provided by Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation: $759,230 was awarded by the ...

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The flashcards in front of the children and the letters of the alphabet hanging on the walls made the classroom look similar to nearly every other language class.

Shaffer was a leader in getting Congress to formally recognize The Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians in December 1982. She was tribal chairwoman from 1983 until 2010, spending decades ...

The Takelma language, once spoken by the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians and others, went extinct in Southwestern Oregon by 1940. Now, tribal members are in the process of restoring it.

K'Ehleyr McNulty displays a portion of the new Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians curriculum at the tribal community center in Myrtle Creek, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 29, 2019.

The Coquille Indian Tribe, Cow Creek and Coos were re-recognized, too, but without lands. Efforts by tribes in what is currently western Oregon to reacquire their land came shortly after recognition.

The flashcards in front of the children and the letters of the alphabet hanging on the walls made the classroom look similar to nearly every other language class.

CANYONVILLE, Ore. — Former Cow Creek Tribal Chairwoman Sue Shaffer, a longtime champion for tribal rights, has died. She was 94. Shaffer was a leader in getting Congress to formally recognize ...

The Takelma are recognized as a sovereign nation, The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.