“To improve the status of our first citizens” Oregon Governor Douglas McKay, July 14, 1950 Introduction McKay’s comment, is meant to be a statement of
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20 Years of the Southwest Oregon Research Project
Southwest Oregon Research Projects & The Archival Collection In 1995, I attended an event that would impact me for many years. The event was
The Red Road to Self-Extermination
In the 19th century, in the United States, Tribal nations were rounded up and placed on reservations. There Tribal people were subjected to the forces
Because they are Wasting the Lands! Colonization of Federal Lands by the Malheur Militants
The situation on the Malheur Reservation is very reminiscent of what happened to the tribes in the 19th century, when thousands of acres of Indian
Six Years After, the Impact of My Dissertation
My 2009 dissertation Termination of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde: Community, Politics, Identity was completed at the Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon after