Modoc Tribe Research Paper

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The Modocs were a group of Native Americans who lived secluded in the northeastern side of California near Oregon “near Mt. Shasta”. They lived a quiet lifestyle hunting and gathering off the land, one day white settlers “U.S Army” came and decided to force the Modoc people into reservations off of their native volcanic lava bed land. These Modoc people lead by “Captain Jack “ first were peaceful and tried to deal on these reservations they were forced upon but after they were tired of being forced off their lands and decided to defend the Klamath Reservations against the U.S Army. Once the Modoc people had been successful in keeping the Army off the Klamath Reservation they decided to hold a gathering to In the course of peace talks, negotiators

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