About Coquille Cranberries

In the tradition of their ancestors, the Coquille Indian Tribe invites you to enjoy the freshness of their vine-ripened, dry-picked cranberries. Coquille Cranberries are produced from plants of the Stevens variety. The berries are large, deeply colours, and sweeter than other varieties. Coquille Cranberries are harvested in late September and October to capture peak flavour and preserve freshness and quality.

The Coquille Indian Tribe grows and packs their organic cranberries on Tribal land located on the southern Oregon coast near Coos Bay, Oregon, where they have lived for centuries. For the Coquille people, community is their relationship with all that surrounds us, the land, the sea, the sky.

Their relationship with cranberries was altered in the mid-19th century, when miners and settlers poured into the valley and disrupted their traditional way of life. After losing much of their land and being marched north to the Siletz Reservation, settlers introduced cranberry cultivation and hired the Coquille and people from neighbouring tribes for harvesting. The Coquille continued to function as a government and family and the Federal government restored their tribal status in 1989. Today, the Tribe grows cranberries as part of its program of self-sufficiency.