Students who are enrolled members of a federally recognized tribe of Oregon or a Native American tribe that had traditional and customary tribal boundaries in parts of the state of Oregon or that ceded or reserved lands within the state of Oregon, shall be considered a resident for tuition purposes regardless of your state of residence. A student seeking to qualify for resident (in-state) tuition under the provisions of this rule must submit a copy of tribal enrollment document(s) showing tribal membership to the Office of Admissions.
Please visit the Oregon secretary of state website for more information including a list of federally recognized tribes this rule applies to: Oregon Administrative Rule 575-030-0005.
Recognized Tribes
Members of the following tribes are eligible for in-state tuition and the Home Flight Scholarship.
Oregon
- Burns Paiute Tribe
- Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Suislaw
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
- Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
- Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Indian Reservation
- Coquille Indian Tribe
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
- Klamath Tribes
Washington
- Chinook Indian Nation
- Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
- Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
- Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
- Quinalt Indian Nation
- Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
California
- Big Lagoon Rancheria
- Blue Lake Rancheria
- Bridgeport Indian Colony
- Cedarville Rancheria
- Gidutikad Band of Northern Paiute (Fort Bidwell Indian Community)
- Hoopa Valley Tribe
- Karuk Tribe
- Lytton Band of Pomo Indians
- Pit River Tribe
- Quartz Valley Indian Reservation
- Redding Rancheria
- Susanville Indian Rancheria
- Tolowa Dee-Ni' Nation
- Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of Benton Paiute Reservation
- Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation
Idaho
- Nez Perce Tribe
- Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation
Nevada
- Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe
- Lovelock Paiute Tribe
- Paiute-Shoshone Tribe of the Fallon Reservation and Colony
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
- Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
- Shoshone-Paiute of the Duck Valley Reservation
- Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
- Walker River Paiute Tribe
- Winnemucca Indian Colony
- Yerington Paiute Tribe
Oklahoma
- Modoc Nation
