Willamette Valley Treaty is sent to Washington, D.C. Jan. 22, 1855
January 22, 2021
Willamette Valley Treaty Origins of the Willamette Valley treaty
Category: General History
Influenza on the Reservation
January 15, 2021
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. They were forced into poverty, living on whatever the federal government was able to sent to them from the east coast. The first years were full of starvation deprivation, and … More Influenza on the Reservation
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Genealogy of Racism on American Indians
December 17, 2020
Notes transcribed from Smedley, Audrey. Race in North America, Origin and Evolution of a Worldview, 2nd edition, Westview press, 1999, Comments are my own. The origins of racism in America as employed by the United States Indian Service are in the English treatments of the Native people of Ireland.[1] The English people for centuries attempted … More Genealogy of Racism on American Indians
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Post Indianism
December 1, 2020
Gerald Vizenor has created the idea of the Post Indian, native peoples who are living a new consciousness beyond the stereotypes of victim-hood about Indians. Post-Indians defy the stereotypes and now live in a new realm of their own creation. His analysis seems metaphorical and philosophical and I would extend it further. Many native peoples … More Post Indianism
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Gendered terms in Kalapuyan
November 30, 2020
This essay began some years ago when I was working on the Kalapuya lessons project with Esther Stutzman and her family. We discussed in our group the lack of gendered terms in the language. I was thinking perhaps we are just missing something, but even after consulting with Henry Zenk, an anthropological linguist who studies … More Gendered terms in Kalapuyan
