Battles with the settlers has been the meat of most histories of Oregon Native peoples. Most times the battle and conflict accounts cast Native people as the sole aggressors, with settlers only defending themselves. Histories largely have ignored Native perspectives on the context of the battles, the invasion of native lands, and the extreme aggression on the tribes by white settlers. I have generally tried not to rewrite these battles again, instead choosing to address the contexts that led to conflicts. So far, I have written about battles when they add context to Indian policy in Oregon.
Willamette Valley
A Walla Walla Band Visits the Oregon Institute, A Battle Creek Story
Battle Creek, the first Battle of the Willamette Valley
The Battle of Abiqua, second Battle of the Willamette Valley
Chief Crooked Finger, the Battle of Abiqua and the 1851 Molalla treaty
We would prefer to remain in our own Lands, the Molalla People
Oregon Coast
Battle Rock the first colonization on the southern Oregon Coast
Attacks by Civilized Whites on the Natives
Persistence of Genocide on the Chetco people
Umpqua Basin
Umpqua Valley Settlers murder Klickitat farmers
Coles valley Settlers want the resources on the Umpqua Reservation
War on the Umpqua Tribes and removal
Rogue River
Native Details of the Battle of Hungry Hill
Causes of the 1853 Rogue River war
Columbia River
The Startling history of the Cascades
Yurok
Tolowa
Dee’ni Tolowa Chronology
Ute (Shoshone)