The settlement of Eugene and the whole southern valley settlement centers was guided by advice from the Kalapuyans and the presence of seasonal wetlands on
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Alexander Phimister Proctor in Oregon
Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860-1950), is born in Canada and becomes one of the most famed American sculptors of his time. He worked extensively in the
Chafin Band Reservation and Village 1855
The Chafin (Chifin, Chafan) Band of Kalapuya Indians lived in and around the Eugene-Springfield to the Coburg area. Their main village was likely on the
The Mohawk Band of Calapooia Reservation 1855
In 1855, after the tribes of the Willamette Valley signed the Kalapuya Etc. Treaty (1/22/1855) they were resettled by Indian Superintendent Joel Palmer on temporary
Native Community History of Eugene Area
Original Peoples The earliest history of Native people in the Eugene-Springfield area is that of the Kalapuya tribes from the area, Chifin, Winefelly, Pee-u (Mohawk),