"Return of 126-acre Fivemile Creek, Siletz Tribe's ancestral territory, is rich coho salmon habitat"
"The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians are celebrating the return of productive wetlands to their traditional homeland on the Oregon coast."
"The Siletz Tribe once held a reservation that encompassed one-third of the Oregon Coast. Today their land base sits at 15,000 acres due to several waves of land disposession, including the termination of federal recognition in 1954. The Siletz eventually became the second tribe to successfully push back against federal termination policies in 1974, when their recognition was restored."
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Courtesy Ecotrust Forest Management
The mouth of Fivemile Creek downstream of where it flows through the newly protected Fivemile Creek property and into Tahkenitch Lake, Siletz ancestral wetlands.
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