The Modoc are an Indigenous American people who historically lived in the area which is now northeastern California and central Southern Oregon. Currently...
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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...
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Modoc County (/ˈmoʊdɒk/ ) is a county located in the far northeast corner of the U.S. state of California. Its population is 8,700 as of the 2020 census...
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Eaters"), direct south their Modoc kin (Mo'dokni maklaks - "Southern People, i.e. Tule Lake People") with whom they shared the Modoc Plateau, in the southwest...
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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...
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would be a good name for the town. Another theory is that Modoc was named after the Modoc people who were traditionally located in northern California. They...
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Look up Modoc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Modoc may refer to: Modoc people, a Native American/First Nations people Modoc language Modoc Tribe of...
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Kintpuash (category Modoc people)
1837 – October 3, 1873), was a chief of the Modoc tribe of California and Oregon. Kintpuash's name in the Modoc language meant 'Strikes the water brashly...
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Modoc National Forest is a 1,654,392-acre (6,695 km2) U.S. national forest in Northeastern California. The Modoc National Forest protects parts of Modoc...
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Alturas, California (redirect from Chimney Rock (Modoc County, California))
for "Heights"; Achumawi: Kasalektawi) is a city and the county seat of Modoc County, California. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California...
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the north of the lake were originally inhabited by the Klamath people. The Modoc people inhabited the lands to the south of Upper Klamath Lake, around...
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Toby Riddle (category Modoc people)
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...
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Bloody Point Massacre site is California Historical Landmark No. 8 in Modoc County, California on County Road 104 in Tulelake, California. The site is...
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Captain Jack's Stronghold (category Modoc War)
Captain Jack's Stronghold was a holdout of the Modoc people that is located between Tulelake and Canby, California. The stronghold, which is now part of...
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Klamath language (redirect from Modoc language)
northern California. It is the traditional language of the Klamath and Modoc peoples, each of whom spoke a dialect of the language. By 1998, only one native...
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Shacknasty Jim (redirect from Shacknasty Jim (Modoc))
Shacknasty Jim (c. 1851 – 1881) was a Modoc warrior and the leader of the Hot Creek band. His nickname is a corruption of a Modoc name meaning Left-handed Man...
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Scarface Charley (category People of the Modoc War)
known as Scarface Charley, was a chief of the Modoc tribe of Native Americans. He took part in the Modoc War of 1872–1873 in California, and is considered...
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demanded to invade Native land to get access to gold in the Black Hills. The Modoc War (1872–1873) and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), were detrimental...
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between the Modoc people and the early settlers. Most of the settlers were California Gold Rush miners. The miners' operation destroyed the Modoc fishing...
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Curley Headed Doctor (category Modoc people)
Headed Doctor (Modoc: Cho-ocks, 1828 — 1890; also Curly-Headed Doctor) was the spiritual leader for the Modoc tribe, notably during the Modoc War. Curley...
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successful in demanding the removal of American Indians to reservations. The Modoc people, having been removed to Oregon to share a reservation with the Klamath...
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Boston Charley (category Modoc people)
Boston Charley (c. 1854 – October 3, 1873) was an Modoc warrior in the Modoc War of 1872. He was reportedly given the "Boston" moniker by miners who felt...
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Lava Beds National Monument (category Modoc Plateau)
National Monument is located in northeastern California, in Siskiyou and Modoc counties. The monument lies on the northeastern flank of Medicine Lake Volcano...
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by the state…'") and the property they hold is held on behalf of all the people of the state. As such, the State Legislature may delegate any of the functions...
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Petroglyph Point Archeological Site (category Modoc)
former island of ancient Tule Lake, in a region historically of the Modoc people territory. The Petroglyph Point Archeological Site was listed on the...
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Hooker Jim (category Modoc people)
Hooker Jim (c. 1851–1879), or Hooka Jim, was a Modoc warrior who played a pivotal role in the Modoc War. Hooker Jim was the son-in-law of tribal medicine...
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Beds National Monument. It is named for Old Schonchin, a chief of the Modoc people during the late nineteenth century. Erupting more than 30,000 years ago...
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Modoc is a book written by American writer Ralph Helfer and published in 1998. It tells the true story of a boy and an elephant, and their fight to stay...
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Tribal headquarters are in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. After the Modoc War from 1872 to 1873, Modoc people were forced from their homelands in southern Oregon and...
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Battle of Sand Butte (category Battles of the Modoc War)
The Battle of Sand Butte between the Modoc Indians and the United States Army was a part of the Modoc War in California. On April 26, 1873, a force of...
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