Oregon Senate votes to establish Task Force on Tribal Consultation

SALEM — The Oregon Senate on Friday, June 23, unanimously passed House Bill 3173 to create a 15-member Task Force on Tribal Consultation.

There are nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon: The Burns Paiute Tribe; the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation; the Coquille Indian Tribe; the Klamath Tribes; the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians; the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation; the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde; and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz.