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The First Census of the Coast and Grand Ronde Reservations: 1856

April 13, 2022April 25, 20225 min read

In 1856, Joel Palmer had some 4000 Natives removed from their homelands to the Coast and Grand Ronde Indian Reservations. Up to at least April

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After Halting Native Burning, Came Grasshoppers

August 22, 2021October 15, 20217 min read

Barely ten years following the stopping of tribes setting fires in the Willamette and Umpqua valleys, signs of the change visited the settlers. Settlers saw

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Removal of Four Tribes from the Umpqua Reservation 1855-1856

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

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Native Details of the Battle of Hungry Hill

September 1, 2020May 11, 202110 min read

As noted by Dr. Mark Tveskov in his 2017 article “A “Most Disastrous” Affair: The Battle of Hungry Hill, Historical Memory, and the Rogue River

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Nicholas Day Saves the Umpqua Indians

June 2, 2020June 2, 202011 min read

The following story appeared in the Oregonian in 1900. Nicholas Day was an Indian agent who was hired by Joel Palmer to manage the Umpqua

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The First Census of the Coast and Grand Ronde Reservations: 1856

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After Halting Native Burning, Came Grasshoppers

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Removal of Four Tribes from the Umpqua Reservation 1855-1856

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Native Details of the Battle of Hungry Hill

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Nicholas Day Saves the Umpqua Indians

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