General History

The Grand Ronde Reservation Fence

July 7, 2021August 9, 202111 min read

In the final 10 months of Joel Palmer’s residency as superintendent of Indian affairs of Oregon, he was under a microscope by citizens of the

General History Native Issues

July 4, 2021July 7, 20214 min read

William John Harris was born in Juneau Alaska March 29, 1884 to Richard Tighe Harris an Irishman, and Kitty a member of the Tlingit tribe.

June 16, 2021August 9, 20215 min read

A fellow scholar asked a question about if the decline of the tribes of Oregon could be termed as “gradual,” here is my response. The

June 16, 202125 min read

Between the time of the formation of the Umpqua Reservation in the Umpqua basin (1854) and the removal of the four tribes to Grand Ronde

General History

May 25, 2021August 13, 20218 min read

For more than 166 years the following pages were missing from the history and legal record of the Grand Ronde Tribe. It appears that sometime