Timeline

	Minnie Ned' is among the central figures in Coquille Tribal history.

1853 • The first land claim is made on lower Coos Bay and Empire City is established.

1855 • Oregon Coast Treaties are negotiated with Tribes and Bands of Indians living along the Coquille River. Congress never ratifies treaties or honors its conditions.

1856 • Indians along south coast forcibly removed from ancestral homelands to Coast Reservation near present day location of Florence, OR. U.S. Government abandons reservation in 1870s.

1954 • 61 Tribes and bands of Western Oregon Indians, including the Upper and Lower Coquille, "terminated" by Federal Indian Policy.

1989 • The Coquille Restoration Act passed by Congress restores the Coquilles as a Federally recognized tribe.

	Coquille Tribal Police have forged a strong bond with Tribal youth.

1992 • Coquille Economic Development Corporation established to develop Tribal enterprises and businesses.

1994 • Heritage Place, the first Tribal enterprise, opens in Bandon, Oregon. Tribe establishes Coquille Indian Housing Authority and Fourth Creek Housing Community.

1995 • Tribe's Empire property put into trust by Secretary of Interior. The Mill Casino opens. Tribal Community Health Center opens on Tribal land near Coos Bay.

1996 • Coquille Forest Act passed by Congress restoring 5410 acres of ancestral homelands to the Coquille Tribe.

	The Mill Hotel opened in 2000 with an emphasis on warmth, service and hospitality.

1997 • Tribe purchases new government and administration headquarters.

1998 • Coquille Cranberries harvests first commercial crop of organic cranberries.

2000 • The Mill Hotel opens.

2001 • Coquille Tribal Community Fund established.

2002 • ORCA Communications founded.

2003 • CEDCO purchases 60-acre property immediately north of The Mill Casino premises.

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