Documentation in the Lewis and Clark journals, especially for that of 1806, is of the Cascades tribe seasonal round, the seasonal lifeways of the tribes
Author: Ethnohistory Research, LLC | David G. Lewis, PhD
PhD Anthropology (UO 2009) and Native history researcher. Member of the Grand Ronde Tribe, Takelma, Chinook, Molalla, and Santiam Kalapuya ancestry. Owner of Ethnohistory Research LCC, professional consultant and project researcher.
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Native People Live in the Post Apocalypse
I have felt this for years now, that we native people are living in the post-apocalypse. Ever since a student spoke up near the end
Starving the Deschutes tribe into submission, 1856
Every day of research I stumble upon another action of federal officials meant to disempower and destroy the tribes. Here is a letter documenting the
Willamette Valley Treaty is sent to Washington, D.C. Jan. 22, 1855
Willamette Valley Treaty Origins of the Willamette Valley treaty
Influenza on the Reservation
The tribes removed to the Grand Ronde Reservation in 1856 never realized the safety and security of a reservation they were promised in seven treaties.