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Canoeing the Yaquina, Coast Reservation, November 1856

February 16, 2018

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 … More Canoeing the Yaquina, Coast Reservation, November 1856

Andrew S. Charles, Siuslaw Informant 1931

November 27, 2017

In 1931, the coastal tribes were in the midst of a lawsuit against the federal government. The tribes of the southern coast, between the California border and North of Coos Bay, had never been paid for their lands. The tribes signed the 1855 Coast treaty but the treaty was never ratified by Congress, regardless of … More Andrew S. Charles, Siuslaw Informant 1931