Coquille Indian Tribe
The Coquille Indian Tribe ( KOH-kwel) is the federally recognized Native American tribe of the Coquille people who have traditionally lived on the southern Oregon Coast. == History == === Pre-contact through the mid-19th century === Beginning in 1847, following the Cayuse Indian slaughter of the white, Presbyterian missionaries at the "Whitman Mission", a series of retaliatory attacks ensued against the indigenous peoples all throughout the Oregon Territory, perpetrated by both miners and settlers.