Tag: alsea

Oregon Coast, Oregon indians, Siletz Reservation, treatiesLeave a comment

Meacham’s Final Appeal to Fairly Pay the Tribes Removed to the Coast Reservation.

David G. Lewis, PhD

Albert B. Meacham was an Indian agent in the 1860’s and 70’s and oversaw some changes in the reservations. He attempted to give the tribes some voice in this situation, worked to get the tribes to adopt western medicine, and began warning the tribes that their treaty funding was about to end. In short, he seemed to care about the tribes and his reports suggest that he deeply cared about what the tribes had gone through for some 16 years.  He even wrote a book of his experiences, Wigwam and Warpath, which addresses nearly all of the tribes in Oregon. … Continue reading Meacham’s Final Appeal to Fairly Pay the Tribes Removed to the Coast Reservation.

colonization, General History, Grand Ronde Reservation, Native Issues, Oral History, Oregon Coast, Oregon indians, Siletz Reservation, treaties3 Comments

Conditions of the Alsea Indians and the Salmon River Encampment 1876-1878

David G. Lewis, PhD

As addressed in previous essays, in about 1875, most Indian annuities for the Western Oregon tribes ended because the 20 year payments were exhausted. This is true for the Siletz Reservation, for the handful of tribal people who could claim a ratified treaty, and for the Grand Ronde Reservation, where nearly all of the people fell under a treaty. The Molala treaty had not been ratified until 1859 so they have payments until 1879, while all of the Coastal Tribes did not have a ratified treaty and so they had no annuities. Because of this, the southern portion of the … Continue reading Conditions of the Alsea Indians and the Salmon River Encampment 1876-1878

coos bay, General History, Grand Ronde Reservation, Oregon Coast, Oregon indians, Siletz ReservationLeave a comment

Canoeing the Yaquina, Coast Reservation, November 1856

David G. Lewis, PhD

The story of the Coast Reservation of Oregon is complicated. The Coast Reservation is created in 1855 by Presidential Executive Order and then for some months remains undeveloped by the Oregon Indian office. Joel Palmer, the Indian Superintendent for Oregon, planned to move all of the tribes of western Oregon to this reservation, because the 100 mile stretch of coastline and coastal mountains (100 miles long by 20 miles wide in most estimates) , were relatively unsettled, and were an intractable wilderness to the White settlers. The Coast Reservation extended from Siltcoos Lake at the south to about Cape Lookout … Continue reading Canoeing the Yaquina, Coast Reservation, November 1856