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Following the massacre of white, Presbyterian missionaries by Cayuse Indians at the "Whitman Mission" in 1847, a wave of revenge attacks against indigenous peoples erupted across the Oregon Territory, perpetrated by both miners and settlers. over 1854, several dozen miners enraged over a disagreement with a native man had raided the Coquille Indian hamlet in what is now Bandon, Oregon, and slaughtered all members of that tribe they could find, destroying their houses and slaying all women and children.
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Tribe: Coquille Indian Tribe [previously listed as Coquille Tribe of Oregon]

Phone: 541-888-0189

Physical Address:
 Coquille Indian Tribal Jail
3050 Tremont St
North Bend, OR 97459

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Coquille Indian Tribal Jail
3050 Tremont St
North Bend, OR 97459

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Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.

There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.

Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).

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