Available as a video archive, the Klamath Termination Oral History Project captured the recollections of elders from the Klamath Tribes following the termination of their land and status.
The Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes once jointly occupied a large reservation in southern Oregon, but saw their status and land terminated by act of Congress in 1954. Their status, but not their land, was restored in1986.
Created by First Nations and Indigenous Studies (FNIS), this oral history project was recorded through video and presented through the FNIS IVT viewer. It recorded the recollections of Klamath elders who experienced the termination, and the adaptations they and their tribes made in order to survive and maintain their culture.
This project was begun by Linc Kesler and elder Morrie Jimenez in 2002 at Oregon State University, but has since moved to FNIS.