| Notes | General overview of what was known about the Siuslawan and Coosan peoples in the late 1980s. Brief treatment of Native American history and culture. Note that these were the coastal peoples - for example, the Upper Umpqua and Upper Coquille peoples were Athapaskans, with a different cultural heritage."The most important resource of the area was salmon, which were taken from canoes in deep water, dipnetted, harpooned, clubbed, and trapped at upriver weirs or in rapids and shallow water. Additionally, the estuaries and rivers supported major runs of herring, smelt, lampreys, and less seasonally limited supplies of various saltwater and freshwater fish." (p.573) This group includes the Siuslaw, Lower Umpqua, Hanis (Coosan), South Slough Miluk and Lower Coquille Miluk. |
