The name Molalla ( [moˈlɑlə, ˈmolɑlə], usually spelled Molala by anthropologists; also Molale, Molele, Molalis) refers to like-speaking Indigenous peoples who at the time of their earliest encounters with EuroAmerican occupied the greater part of the Cascade Range in Oregon, from Mount Hood on the north to Mount McLoughlin on the south.

The Molala are a Native American people of Oregon that originally resided in the Western Cascades. There are few recorded sources about the Molala, the majority being unpublished manuscripts. This assortment includes the works of Albert S. Gatschet, [1] Franz Boas, [2] Leo J. Frachtenberg, Philip Drucker, Melville Jacobs, [3] and Leslie Spier. [4]

Feb 25, 2020 · The Molala (Mollala, Molalla, Molele, La'tiwi) are a tribe of Western Oregon. They lived on the eastern periphery of the Willamette and Umpqua Valleys. There were at least five concentrations of them: The Northern Molalla were situated in Dickie Prairie on the other side of the ridge from the contemporary town of Molalla, their village…

The Molalla tribes, North, Santiam, and Umpqua valley (southern), were traders between the Chinookans to the north, the Klamaths to the south and the Paiutes to the east and the Kalapuyans in the west of their territory.

The Molalla tribe lived in many areas in Central and Southern Oregon and they weren’t the only Native Americans to live in the McKenzie River Valley. The Kalapuyans occupied over a million acres across the Willamette and Umpqua valleys.

Jul 30, 2015 · The Molalla tribes, North, Santiam, and Umpqua valley (southern), were traders between the Chinookans to the north, the Klamaths to the south and the Paiutes to the east and the Kalapuyans in the west of their territory.

Long before the first settlers began arriving, the area was populated by the Molalla Indian Tribe. As settlers arrived, the community grew around the crossing of two Indian trails. Descendants of the Molalla tribe are now part of the Grande Ronde Confederated Tribes in western Oregon.

As members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the Molala, "a nation of good hunters," has taken part in today's successful hunt for tribal survival, restoration and resources.

They are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The Molala traditional homelands were in the foothills of the Western Cascade Mountains, as well as the nearby Willamette Valley of Western Oregon.

The name Molalla ([monlnln, nmolnln], usually spelled Molala by anthropologists; also Molale, Molele, Molalis) refers to like-speaking Indigenous peoples who at the time of their earliest encounters with EuroAmerican occupied the greater part of the Cascade Range in Oregon, from Mount Hood on the north to Mount McLoughlin on the south.