Editing Modoc people (section)

==Current population and geography==
[[File:Chief Yellow Hammer- Modoc.jpg|thumb|Chief Yellow Hammer painted in traditional clothing by [[Elbridge Ayer Burbank|E.A Burbank]], 1901.]]
About 600 Modoc live in [[Klamath County, Oregon]], in and around their ancestral homelands. This group includes those who stayed on the reservation during the [[Modoc War]], as well as the descendants of those who chose to return in 1909 to Oregon from Indian Territory in Oklahoma or Kansas. Since that time, many have followed the path of the [[Klamath people|Klamath]].<ref>''A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest'', entries "Klamath Tribes" and "Modoc"</ref> The shared tribal government of the Klamath, Modoc and Yahooskin in Oregon is known as the [[Klamath Tribes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klamathtribes.org/|title=The Klamath Tribes|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

Two hundred Modoc live in [[Oklahoma]] on a small reservation in [[Ottawa County, Oklahoma]], that the federal government purchased for them. Originally they were placed on the Quapaw Indian Reservation in Oklahoma's far northeast corner. They are descendants of the band Captain Jack ([[Kintpuash]]) led during the Modoc War. The federal government officially recognized the [[Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma]] in 1978, and its constitution was approved in 1991.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/m/mo002.html|last=Self|first=Burl E.|title=Modoc|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society|access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>