Joel Palmer’s letters during his superintendency lend themselves to a timeline for the removal of most tribes. Palmer penned orders and received reports from his
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Stories of Change Among the Clackamas at Grand Ronde
The Clackamas Come to Grand Ronde Reservation Preparing to Leave The Clackamas are addressed in letters as living in small encampments near Oregon City. They
Drucker’s Records of Clackamas Villages
The Clackamas (Tlakamas) lived along the Clackamas River and along the lower Willamette. Their villages and associated territorial claims extended from Willamette Falls to the
The 1851 Treaty Commission Journal: The Clackamas Treaty
In November 1851 Dart finally is ready to return to Washington DC with the treaties to present them to Congress. Earlier in the year, when
Dispossessed of Tribal Traditions, the Fishery at Clackamas Village 1860s
A letter addressed to J. W. Huntington, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon in 1862. The letter was from John Campbell who had worked