On March 26, 1856, a year after the Willamette Valley treaty is negotiated (Jan. 22, 1855) there is an uprising on the Columbia near the
Category: Oregon indians
Off-Reservation Histories: Native Peoples of Western Oregon
Once the tribes were placed at the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation the Indian agents worked to keep everyone there. It was thought that the reservations
First Newcomers: Soto on the Columbia
In an apparent twist of history, it was not the Americans who were first among the group of civilized Christian nations that settled in Oregon.
Dentalia Shell Money: Hi-qua, Alika-chik
Dentalia shells, a mollusk, is collected from the sea floor off of Vancouver Island and is used by native peoples in a broad region of
Fort Calipuyaw- Willamette Trading Post
Fort Calipuyaw was a trading post erected to hold some 29 people from the Pacific Fur traders. It was erected in 1812 by Alexander Henry