The Commissioner of Indian Affairs’ record The Nestucca were native peoples who lived on the central Oregon coast at the Nestucca River. They were a tribe of Salish-speaking people, one of the Tillamookan tribes, which extended from south of the Clatsop territory to just south of the Siletz River. These tribes were the Nehalem, Tillamook, … [Read more…]
America—the United States—is a multicultural, multi‑ethnic nation composed of Indigenous peoples and individuals who have emigrated from nearly every country and region in the world. Yet for much of the nation’s history, its historical narratives were written as though people of color, minority communities, and Indigenous nations either did not exist or did not matter. … [Read more…]
This basket was given to the Mission Mill Museum in the 1970s, probably 1974, by the McGilchrist family, they gifted a collection which was then put on display in an exhibit. The basket is still in the museum (see photos) but appears to be more worn than in the 1974 newspaper photos. The repair work … [Read more…]
In the history of treaty making , there were two treaty periods for western Oregon, 1851, and 1853 to 1855. The 1851 treaties, 19 of them, were negotiated with tribes in four locations, Champoeg, Tansy Point, and Port Orford were the sites of the main negotiations, The final location, Oregon City, was where the Clackamas … [Read more…]
This year I tried to get out there into the field when the camas is beginning to erupt from the ground. I am not sure I have seen the baby camas when it just erupts before, only when it is already in full leaf. It helps that I transplanted some camas, and seeded camas some … [Read more…]