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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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State officials say they are working on a series of initiatives to help salmon recover in rivers across the state, including along the Klamath River and its tributaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In 2024, crews finished demolishing four dams on the Klamath River, completing the largest dam removal effort in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

Many children in Klamath attend school in Crescent City and rely upon the campus’s free meals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

In the summer of i960 the refuge staff picked up hundreds of dead and dying birds at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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 W. H. Jackson

They went back to their old place, and declared they would die rather than go to live with the Klamaths again.

From Forty-Six Years in the Army by John M. Schofield

In the morning we found, by the tracks, that from fifteen to twenty of the Klamaths had attacked us.

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

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 William F. Drannan

At the north lived the Klamaths, Siskiyous, Shastas, and the savage Modocs, whose months of fighting in the lava beds caused the death of General Canby and many soldiers.

From Stories of California by Ella M. Sexton

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