Alsea

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Native American language Native American people Native American tribe extinct language

Alsea refers to a Native American people and their ancestral language from the central Oregon coast, whose descendants are among the member groups of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alsea language	0
Chemakum	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ Native American people ⓘ Native American tribe ⓘ extinct language ⓘ
affectedBy	U.S. Indian removal policies ⓘ reservation era ⓘ
contactWith	European American settlers NERFINISHED ⓘ
cultureArea	Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau–Northwest Coast transition zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentStatus	surviving as part of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ⓘ
documentedBy	linguists ⓘ
ethnographicSources	Franz Boas NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo J. Frachtenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
extinctionCause	displacement and assimilation policies ⓘ language shift to English ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Alseya NERFINISHED ⓘ Alsi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCategory	Extinct Native American languages ⓘ Indigenous languages of Oregon ⓘ Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Native American tribes in Oregon ⓘ
hasDescendants	enrolled members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ⓘ
hasLanguage	Alsea language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasScript	Latin alphabet (in linguistic transcription) ⓘ
historicalPopulationTrend	decline after European contact ⓘ
languageFamily	Oregon Coast Penutian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Oregon ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
modernAffiliation	Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	central Oregon coast ⓘ
partOf	Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs	member group of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ⓘ
region	central Oregon coast ⓘ
religion	traditional indigenous beliefs ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ woodworking ⓘ
traditionalHousing	plank houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ marine mammal hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Alsea River area ⓘ Pacific coast of central Oregon ⓘ Yaquina River area ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alsea School → city → Alsea ⓘ

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians → formedFrom → Alsea ⓘ

Treaty of Point No Point → signatory → Alsea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chemakum