Tututni

In its narrower sense, the term "Rogue River" refers to the Rogue River Athabascan tribes who speak two closely related languages: Lower Rogue River (also known as Tututni) and Upper Rogue River (also known as Galice-Applegate). In its broader sense, "Rogue River" as a term refers to Rogue River Indians, a conglomeration of many tribal groups in the total Rogue River Valley area. They belong to three language families: Athabaskan, Takelma, and Shastan. ==Lower Rogue River Athabascan groups==

The Tututni (or Lower Rogue River Athabascan) tribes included the following: • Upper Coquille (Coquille, Mishikwutinetunne) tribe, • Shasta Costa tribe, and • Tututni tribe, including Euchre Creek (Yukichetunne) band. ::Bands of Tututni tribe include • the Kwatami, • Tututunne, • Mikonotunne, • Chemetunne, • Chetleshin, • Kwaishtunnetunne, • Yukichetunne, and • Naltunnetunne. Tututni tribe "There were as many as seven Tututni groups, who were culturally related and had kinship ties. They did not, however, constitute a typical tribe because the usual sociopolitical organization, involving chiefs and governmental authority, was lacking". I) Tututni dialect speaking: ::* 1) Kwatami (Sixes) band; ::* 2) Tutu-tunne (Tututunne, Tututni) band; ::* 3) Mikono-tunne (Mikonotunne, Mikwunutunne, Mackanotin) band; ::* 4) Cheme-tunne (Chemetunne, Joshua, Yashute) band; ::* 5) Chetleshin (Pistol River) band; ::* 6) Kwaish-tunne-tunne (Kwaishtunnetunne, Wishtenatin) band; and ::* 7) Nal-tunne-tunne (Naltunnetunne) band; II) Euchre Creek (Yukiche-tunne) dialect speaking: ::* 8) Yukiche-tunne (Yukichetunne, Euchre Creek) band; Upper Coquille tribe III) Upper Coquille (Coquille, Mishi-kwutine-tunne) dialect speaking: ::* 9) Coquille (Upper Coquille, Mishikwutinetunne) Tribe; ::* 10) Floras Creek (Kosotshe, Kusu'me, Luckkarso, Lukkarso); Shasta Costa tribe IV) Chasta Costa (Shasta Costa, Chasta Kosta, Shistakoostee, Illinois River) dialect speaking: ::* 11) Shasta Costa Tribe; ==Language==

The Tututni (Lower Rogue River Athabascan) tribes spoke dialects of the Lower Rogue River (or Tututni or Tututni-Shasta Costa-Coquille) language. In the 21st century, this Pacific Coast Athabaskan language is extinct; it was classified as part of the Oregon Athabascan subgroup. Dialects were Coquille (Upper Coquille, Mishikhwutmetunee), spoken along the upper Coquille River; Tututni (Tututunne, Naltunnetunne, Mikonotunne, Kwatami, Chemetunne, Chetleshin, Khwaishtunnetunnne); Euchre Creek, and Chasta Costa (Illinois River, Šista Qʼʷə́sta). Lower Rogue River (also known as Tututni) :: dialects: ::* Upper Coquille (also known as Coquille, Mishikhwutinetunee) ::: - Coquille (also known as Mishi-khwutine-tunee, Upper Coquille) ::: - Flores Creek ::* Tututni ::: - Tututunne ::: - Naltunnetunne ::: - Mikwunutunne (also known as Mikonotunne, Mackanotin) ::: - Joshua (also known as Chemetunne, Yashute) ::: - Sixes (also known as Kwatami) ::: - Pistol River (also known as Chetleshin) ::: - Wishtenatin (also known as Khwaishtunnetunnne) ::* Euchre Creek (also known as Yukichetunne) ::* Chasta Costa (also known as Illinois River, Chastacosta, Chasta Kosta) ==History==

The first contact between Tututni tribe and Europeans came in the late 1700s when British, Spanish and American ships explored Oregon's coastal region. In the spring of 1792, some Tututni met British explorer Captain George Vancouver. The several tribes at each of these reservations have intermarried and their descendants are counted as enrolled members of the consolidated tribes. The Tututni Tribe is not a federally acknowledged tribe, but the Confederated Tribes of Siletz is a recognized tribe. ==Notes==