The Kalapuyans, for their part, accepted the settlement of the whites at first, as they saw the great wealth in new things brought to them,
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Eliza Young: Brownsville Basketweaver
Eliza Young (Indian Eliza, Liza), was a native of the Mohawk Valley. The Mohawk Indians, were originally called the Peyu (Pee-you, Pe-u) Kalapuyans and
Encroachment of Americans into Brush Creek Valley
The following contains sections of an essay in the 1903 Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, that lays out some important narratives of the Santiam
Travels, Campmeetings, and Off-Rez Settlements of the Western Oregon Tribes
In recent years, histories of the Indians of Oregon have come under scrutiny by a cadre of historians and anthropologists. Questioned now are events that
The Tekopa Band of Calapooias Reservation 1855
In 1855, the Kalapuyans of the Willamette Valley signed a treaty with Joel Palmer at his land claim in Dayton. This treaty ceded the whole