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Klamath

1 American  
[klam-uhth] / ˈklæm əθ /

noun

  • Klamaths,
    plural
  • Klamath
    plural
  1. a member of an American Indian people belonging to the Lutuamian group and located in southern Oregon.


Klamath 2 American  
[klam-uhth] / ˈklæm əθ /

noun

  1. a river flowing from SW Oregon through NW California into the Pacific. 250 miles (405 km) long.


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A California condor known as Ney-gem’ ‘Ne-chweenkah’ — Yurok for “She carries our prayers” — has been flying to a particular spot deep inside Redwood National Park, near Klamath.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

Bonham’s colleagues have publicly praised him for overseeing the removal of four dams along the Klamath River, leading to a salmon renaissance in their historic habitat.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2025

Moderate shaking was reported near the quake’s epicenter, with light shaking reported as far east as Redding, north into Klamath Falls, Ore., and as far south as Sacramento, according to the USGS.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2025

Klamath is also expected to receive 2 inches.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

Within small areas the beetles accomplish their own dispersion, moving on as soon as the Klamath weed dies out and locating new stands with great precision.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The Delawares, we had four with us, were sleeping at that fire, and they sprang up as the Klamaths charged them.

From Christopher Carson by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

When the Klamaths saw him fall, they ran; but we lay, every man with his rifle cocked, until daylight, expecting another attack.

From Christopher Carson by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

About the time that we were thoroughly organized it was reported that the Pah-Utes and the Klamaths were all coming to join Captain Jack.

From Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by Drannan, William F.

The Modocs were originally part of the Klamaths, but recently hostile to them.

From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.

The Klamaths did not like the introduction of the Modocs on their reservation, and it eventually led to the Modoc war.

From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.

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