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General History, Oregon Coast, Oregon indians, treaties, Uncategorized1 Comment

The 1851 Treaty Commission: Coquille, Euchre, and Tototan at Port Orford

David G. Lewis, PhD

  The Coquille are a Miluk speaking tribe and the other tribes, Euchre Creek and To-to-tan, are athapaskan speaking tribes that already had several problems with explorers and miners on the coast. In fact, T’Vault, who had a role in this treaty, had the majority of his exploratory party killed when he first encountered the Coquille Indians at their village near the present site of Bandon, OR. This had caused retribution on the Coquille by the Army out of Fort Vancouver. The Army they set up a detachment of troops at Fort Orford, near the port, to keep the peace. … Continue reading The 1851 Treaty Commission: Coquille, Euchre, and Tototan at Port Orford

General History, Native Issues, Oregon Coast, Oregon indians, Uncategorized1 Comment

Coquille Massacre Narratives

David G. Lewis, PhD

The Massacre Narrative is a specific type of story where is documented as a traumatic event in history. Generally, dozens if not hundreds die. massacres occur because of conflicts between cultures. One culture is working to destroy the competing culture. This is not something that Americans like to believe in their country. For the Coquille River people, they lived in this location for thousands of years and had there own set of laws and ethical codes of behavior. They are inter-related to their neighbors in many ways and even spoke dialects in the same language family as many neighbors. Occurrences … Continue reading Coquille Massacre Narratives