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The Modoc are an Indigenous American people who historically lived in the area which is now northeastern California and central Southern Oregon. Currently, they include two federally recognized tribes , the Klamath Tribes in Oregon [ 2 ] and the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma , now known as the Modoc Nation .
The Modoc Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Modoc people, located in Ottawa County in the northeast corner of Oklahoma and Modoc and Siskiyou counties in northeast California. [2] The smallest tribe in the state, they are descendants of Captain Jack 's band of Modoc people , removed in 1873 after the Modoc Wars from their traditional ...
The Modoc War, or the Modoc Campaign (also known as the Lava Beds War), was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc people and the United States Army in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873. [3] Eadweard Muybridge photographed the early part of the US Army's campaign.
Kintpuash (c. 1837 – October 3, 1873), also known as Kientpoos, Keintpoos, or by his English name Captain Jack, was a prominent Modoc leader from present-day northern California and southern Oregon.
Oct. 18—MIAMI, Okla. — Bill G. Follis, the longest-serving chief of the Modoc Nation, died Friday at Mercy Hospital in Joplin at age 89, his family said. Follis, a lifelong Miami resident ...
Modoc cypress (Cupressus bakeri), a tree species native to the homeland of the Modoc people; Modoc sucker, an endangered California fish; Modoc, a 1998 novel by Ralph Helfer (1897–1975) MODOC, an acronym for the Missouri Department of Corrections "Modoc", a 1989 song from High Tension Wires by Steve Morse
At the time of European encounter, the Modoc people lived in what is now northern California, near Lost River and Tule Lake. The county was named after them. [6]: 216 The Achomawi (or Pit River Indians, for which the Pit River is named), and the Paiute also lived in the area. [6]: 216 To the north were the Klamath in present-day Oregon.
L to R, standing: US Indian agent, Winema (Toby) and her husband Frank Riddle; other Modoc women in front, 1873. Toby "Winema" Riddle (born Nannookdoowah; c. 1848 – 1920) was a Modoc woman who served as an interpreter in negotiations between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army during the Modoc War (also called the Lava Beds War).